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These three clusters are superimposed on each other. NGC 1746 may not actually be a distinct cluster but an optical grouping of stars.

Equipment: Vixen 102-ED/TS Optics field flattenerST-10XME/Astrodon LRGB filters/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposure: LRGB: L 12 x 5 minutes: R 12 x 5 minutes: G 12 x 5 minutes: B 12 x 5 minutes: RGB binned 2x2
Date: January 28, 2012
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual exposures were dithered using CCDAutoPilot2 and then sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0.