Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 1369  ·  The star 63Cyg
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IC 1369, SH1-89 in Cygnus, Jim Thommes
IC 1369, SH1-89 in Cygnus
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IC 1369, SH1-89 in Cygnus

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IC 1369, SH1-89 in Cygnus, Jim Thommes
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IC 1369, SH1-89 in Cygnus

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The main target in this image is the open cluster IC 1369 (also cataloged Collinder 432) located upper left. There are numerous dark nebulae structures in this field from multiple catalogs - LDN 070 / Barnard 361; LDN 960; LDN 961; LDN 964 / Dobashi 2814; LDN 967; LDN975; Dobashi 2823/2824. Also in this field are planetary nebulae Sharpless 1-89 (from the first catalog in 1953) and the tine bright NGC 7026. These objects and selected bright stars are identified in the annotated image. Open Cluster IC 1369 is estimated at 6,800 light years distant from Earth and an estimated age of 437 million years. Horizontal FOV is approximately 85' - full size image scale of 1.96 arcsec/pixel.

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