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Cluster · Cygnus

NGC 6834

A young open cluster in Cygnus, about 4.9 degrees north-east of Albireo, discovered by William Herschel in 1784.

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

NGC 6834, duration not logged
NGC 6834 duration not logged · Unistellar eQuinox 2

It is about 9,650 light-years away and measures only 6 arcminutes. In the photo, it is a small knot of stars at the centre of a very dense field, where blue and orange stars mingle.

Source: Wikipédia en français, NGC 6834. 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 6834
Family
Cluster
Constellation
Cygnus
Shots taken
1
Album date
3 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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