| Position: | RA 20h 55m 50s Dec +43d 35m 05s |
| Size: | 30' |
| Brightest star: | GSC 3179 0095, 6.7 mag |
Another object of my catalogue with an obvious name.
This one is well-known, nevertheless I think it has to be included.
"Little Orion" is an assemblage of 7 stars, which looks very much like
the big brother - just a little bit "distorted".
It is located in the "Mexican Golf" of the famous "North-America-Nebula".
Here are two finder-charts for the object (click to enlarge). There is 56 Cygni 2 degrees SE of Alpha Cygni at a brightness of 5 mag. Another degree in the same direction follows the object.
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There are many objects in the milkyway - too many to mention them here.
BACK(c) by Frank Leiter