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A View of New Star Cluster and Nebula

July 8, 2015 by Brian Ventrudo Filed Under: Deep Sky

Image of open star cluster and emission nebula NGC 6823 and NGC 6820 in the constellation Vulpecula (credit: Jeff Johnson)
Image of open star cluster and emission nebula NGC 6823 and NGC 6820 in the constellation Vulpecula (credit: Jeff Johnson)

Within the Summer Triangle, in the constellation Vulpecula, the Fox, lies a fairly new star cluster NGC 6823 embedded within the glowing gas cloud of its birthplace, the nebula NGC 6820. The image above by astrophotographer Jeff Johnson of New Mexico shows cluster and emission nebula along with a dark nebula within the brighter emission nebula that shrouds yet another round of star formation [Read more…] about A View of New Star Cluster and Nebula

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