I have run into an old problem with the latest version of SS Pro 6... Many databases, including SIMBAD and SkySafari list the incorrect position for NGC6664, about half a degree too far north at -7d48', the cluster is actually at -8d11' (J2000). Please refer to Archinal and Hayes, Star Clusters, table 4.1, or simply look at the DSS imagery, the error is even apparent in SkySafari when the more detailed databases are loaded. Also quite obvious in the eyepiece as the cluster is adjacent and at the same dec as Alpha Scuti.
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Val Ricks This is still a problem in SS Pro 6. It is not corrected in SS Pro 7.
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