Cluster · Ophiuchus
NGC 6633
A loosely concentrated open cluster in Ophiuchus, which the Swiss astronomer Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux spotted in 1745.
Le Cœur et l'Âme · Photograph by the author · 3h 47m of exposure, DwarfLab DWARF 3
About 1,280 light-years away, it covers 20 arcminutes and shines at magnitude 4.6: it can be seen with the naked eye. In the photo, brighter blue stars are scattered at the centre and towards the bottom, among a multitude of fainter, orange stars.
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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 6633
- Family
- Cluster
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Shots taken
- 1
- Album date
- 29 July 2026
- Cumulative integration
- not logged
- Instrument
- Unistellar eQuinox 2
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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