Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  27 b01 Cyg  ·  B147  ·  NGC 6871  ·  The star 27Cyg
NGC 6871, Ron Bokleman
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NGC 6871

NGC 6871, Ron Bokleman
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NGC 6871

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NGC 6871 is an open star cluster in Cygnus dominated by a pair of double star systems. The cluster spans 20 arc-minutes in diameter and lies ~5,135 light-years away.

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NGC 6871, Ron Bokleman

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Cloudy Nights

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Open Clusters