k Normae


Kappa Normae is a convenient star from which to find two pleasant clusters, one to the north and the other south of this star.

Kappa is one field of view south of gamma2 Normae. If you put kappa toward to top of your glasses, you see both clusters: binoculars

To the north is NGC 6067, about a hundred tenth-magnitude stars tightly grouped.

To the south is NGC 6087, around three dozen brighter stars more widely dispersed.


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