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| | Messier Object 26 |
 | | It is more probable that this region is obscured by dark interstellar matter than that it is a real "hole" in the stellar population. |
| | This cluster is not so impressive as its apparent neighbor, M11, and Messier even noted that it was "not distinguished in a 3.5 foot (FL) telescope and needed a better instrument". |
| | Nevertheless, this is a tight, beautiful cluster with brightest stars of mag 11.9, spectral type B8. |
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