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Messier Objects

Although M4 is one of the closest globular clusters to Earth, binoculars are still necessary in order to see it. Open clusters M6 (the Butterfly Cluster) and M7 (Ptolemy's Cluster) are both visible to the naked eye. M80 is another globular cluster.

Other Deep Sky Objects

NGC 6231 is a distant open star cluster, visible through binoculars.

Stars With (Un)Common Names

alpha: Antares is a first magnitude star and has a distinctly reddish hue.
beta¹: Graffias is the brighter of the two components of this double star.
delta: Dschubba
theta: Girtab is also known as Sargas.
lambda: Shaula
sigma: Al Niyat
upsilon: Lesath

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