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M6 - Butterfly Cluster

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Ole Nielsen

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M17 - Swan Nebula

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European Southern Observatory (ESO), ISAAC; VLT ANTU, Paranal

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M22 - Sagittarius Cluster

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Wikipedia - Hewholooks

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M77 - Cetus A

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Fabian RRRR, original work based on Hubble Legacy Archive (cc by-sa)

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M83 - Southern Pinwheel

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC, Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)

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'Southern Pinwheel' Galaxy M83

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M83, the "Pinwheel Galaxy," was first observed by Nicolas LaCaille in 1752. Located in the tail of Hydra, it is the southernmost object listed in Messier's catalog published in 1781.
M3

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Adam Block, Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona

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M7 - Ptolemy Cluster

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Bill Christie, Ice In Space

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M36

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Ole Nielsen

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M37

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Ole Nielsen

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M46 - The Little Sister Cluster

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Ole Nielsen

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Tau - Taurus the Bull

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Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.