Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1027
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Seemingly swimming in a sea of hydrogen gas, the open star cluster NGC 1027 appears to sit just to the left of the Heart Nebula (partially pictured on the right). In reality though, NGC 1027 lies in the foreground at a distance of 3700 light-years away from us. In the background, the Heart Nebula is more than twice as far away at 7500 light-years.  A recent (2023) found that NGC 1027 consists of 217 member stars, all of which are around 130 million years old.

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