Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  M 29  ·  NGC 6913
M29 - July 25, 2015, dpbal67
M29 - July 25, 2015
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M29 - July 25, 2015

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Messier 29 (also known as M 29 or NGC 6913) is an open cluster in the Cygnus constellation. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.

The brightest stars of M29 form a "stubby dipper", as Mallas says it. The four brightest stars form a quadrilateral, and another three, a triangle north of them. It is often known as the "cooling tower" due to its resemblance to the hyperboloid-shaped structures. A few fainter stars are around them, but the cluster appears quite isolated, especially in smaller telescopes. In photographs, a large number of very faint Milky Way background stars shows up

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M29 - July 25, 2015, dpbal67