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Melotte 227
Proper Name
  None
Messier Number
  N/A
NGC/IC Number
  N/A
Other Designations
  Melotte 227 (Mel 227)
Constellation
  Octans
Right Ascension
  20h 12m 06s
Declination
  -79° 19' 00"
Distance
  390 light years
  120 parsecs
Magnitude
  Apparent: +5.3
  Absolute: -0.1
Diameter
  Apparent: 50' 00"
Actual: 7 light years
Number of Stars
  40
Optimum Visibility
  Generally visible from
  southern latitudes
 A small open cluster containing about forty stars, in the constellation Octans not far from the Southern Celestial Pole.
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