Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6823  ·  Sh2-86  ·  V0410 Vul  ·  V0475 Vul  ·  V0476 Vul  ·  V0477 Vul  ·  V0478 Vul  ·  V0479 Vul  ·  V0480 Vul  ·  V0481 Vul  ·  V0482 Vul  ·  V0483 Vul  ·  V0484 Vul  ·  V0485 Vul  ·  V0486 Vul  ·  V0487 Vul  ·  V0488 Vul  ·  V0489 Vul  ·  V0490 Vul
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NGC 6820 and NGC 6823, Corey Rueckheim
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NGC 6820 and NGC 6823

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NGC 6820 and NGC 6823, Corey Rueckheim
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NGC 6820 and NGC 6823

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I noticed the nebulosity of NGC 6820 while steering the telescope across this area with Stellarium. I was so fascinated by the nebulosity that it didn't even realize that there was also an embedded open cluster, NGC 6823. I took two images of this field, each with a different exposure length. This second image, a stack of longer 45-second exposures, looks worse to me than the other because the stars are much more overexposed and bloated. I was hoping the nebulosity would show up better in this longer exposure, but it looks about the same to me.

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