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GlennLeDrew
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Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company.
      07/07/08 09:37 PM

I've read that M39 is of about the same age as the Ursa Major cluster (the latter lying at ~70 l-y from us) and also shares its space motion. If true, this makes for a very widely separated "double cluster", reminiscent of the situation for the Hyades and M44.

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* Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. rodelaet 07/05/08 05:19 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. rolandlinda3   07/05/08 09:57 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. rodelaet   07/06/08 06:08 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. frank5817   07/06/08 07:48 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. CarlosEH   07/07/08 03:02 AM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. rodelaet   07/07/08 04:42 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. GlennLeDrew   07/07/08 09:37 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. rodelaet   07/08/08 05:11 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. GlennLeDrew   07/23/08 02:55 AM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. Jeremy Perez   07/10/08 01:49 PM
. * Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company. rodelaet   07/10/08 06:11 PM

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