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NGC 6823 and NGC 6820, cdavmd
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NGC 6823 and NGC 6820

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NGC 6823 and NGC 6820

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Located in the constellation Vulpecula, NGC 6823 is a nice small open cluster of stars associated with a large emission nebula known as NGC 6820. These are actually part of an even larger faint emission nebula, SH2-86. Often this whole complex is just referred to as NGC 6820. The cluster is located about 6000 light-years away and measures about 50 light-years across.

I shot this from my backyard over several nights in August and September 2020 using a Takahashi FSQ 106 and QSI683 CCD with narrowband filters.  Processed with my standard workflow in Pixinsight.

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NGC 6823 and NGC 6820, cdavmd

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