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Cluster · Auriga

NGC 1907

A small open cluster in Auriga, which the Frenchman Guillaume Le Gentil may have discovered before 1759.

Le Cœur et l'Âme · Photograph by the author · 3h 47m of exposure, DwarfLab DWARF 3

NGC 1907, duration not logged
NGC 1907 duration not logged · Unistellar eQuinox 2

It is about 5,080 light-years away and covers 5 arcminutes; one estimate gives it 369 million years. In the photo, it forms a small tight core at the centre of the frame, among white, blue and orange stars.

Source: Wikipédia en français, NGC 1907. A figure wrong? Report it.

duration not logged 1 shot

0 towards 25h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

Temps d'intégration : the total exposure time, the sum of every exposure stacked on an object.

Designation
NGC 1907
Family
Cluster
Constellation
Auriga
Shots taken
1
Album date
4 September 2026
Cumulative integration
not logged

The album date is the one the photo album gives the file, not the date of the shot: the device burns none into this image.

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duration not logged 1 shot

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