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| name | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norma | skybber | 2021-07-10 08:33:50.275312 | skybber | 2022-12-31 15:52:48.946300 |
A small and fainter constellation of the southern sky that does not rise above the horizon at our latitudes. It lies along the galactic equator between the Lupus and the Ara in the region where the Milky Way is again split by the Great Rift. The constellation is located in a rich part of the Milky Way and is therefore a good destination for a binocular's walk across the sky. There is a striking star cloud here that is ivory white in colour. To the north of it, the Milky Way dissolves into an irregular and intricately complicated system interspersed with many brightenings and dark dust. The constellation's four brightest stars form a symmetrical trapezoid around which several open clusters are found. Two of them - NGC 6067 and 6087 - are usually visible as hazy patches without any optical aid. This small constellation is also lucky to have novae - one flared up here in 1893 and another appeared near here in 1920.