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float:left;"> <p class="user_line" style="margin:0;"> <b>position</b>:</p> </div> <div style="width:375px; float:right;"> <p class="user_line"><a title="Show object" href="show_object.php?id=seven_sisters_of_the_pole">Seven Sisters of the Pole</a> (1 of 18,816)</p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div style="width:92px; float:left;"> <p class="user_line" style="margin:0;"> <b>next</b>:</p> </div> <div style="width:375px; float:right;"> <p class="user_line"><a title="Next open cluster" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=toc">oc</a> <a title="Next globular cluster" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tgc">gc</a> <a title="Next planetary nebula" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tpn">pln</a> <a title="Next bright nebula" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tbn">bn</a> <a title="Next dark nebula" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tdn">dn</a> <a title="Next galaxy" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tgx">gx</a> <a title="Next galaxy cluster" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=txc">gxcl</a> <a title="Next asterism" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tas">ast</a> <a title="Next alias" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tal">aka</a> <a title="Next lost object" href="find_next_in_main.php?type=tqq">lost</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div style="width:100%; 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