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This image was created by median combining 7 x 30 second images using B, V and R filters taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 with SBIG ST-8XE CCD. The image has been cut down to be 15 x 15 arc minutes in size.
The open cluster M93 (NGC 2447) lies at a distance of about 3600 light years. It has a diameter of 25 light years and an estimated age of about 100 million years.
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In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on March 30th 2008.