NGC 6820 (Barry Wilson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul) · Contains: NGC 6820 · NGC 6823 · PK059-00.1 · Sh2-86

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NGC 6820

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NGC 6820

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A fascinating target with towering gasses and star formation. From APOD: "Star cluster NGC 6823 is slowly turning gas clouds into stars. The center of the open cluster, visible on the upper right, formed only about two million years ago and is dominated in brightness by a host of bright young blue stars. Some outer parts of the cluster, visible in the featured image's center as the stars and pillars of emission nebula NGC 6820, contain even younger stars. The huge pillars of gas and dust likely get their elongated shape by erosion from hot radiation emitted from the brightest cluster stars. Striking dark globules of gas and dust are also visible across the upper left of the featured image. Open star cluster NGC 6823 spans about 50 light years and lies about 6000 light years away toward the constellation of the Fox (Vulpecula)."

Data acquisition: Barry Wilson & Steve Milne

Processing: Barry Wilson

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RA (center)	19h43m39s.931
RA (top/left)	19h42m28s.232
RA (top/right)	19h42m27s.371
RA (bottom/right)	19h44m51s.249
RA (bottom/left)	19h44m52s.873

Dec (center)	+23°22′14″.89
Dec (top/left)	+23°43′04″.12
Dec (top/right)	+23°01′37″.86
Dec (bottom/right)	+23°01′23″.75
Dec (bottom/left)	+23°42′49″.72

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