NGC 6823 Cloud Sculpting Star Cluster

Capture

Seestar s50 92 stacks

Date

3 September 2024

Location

Camden, NSW

Original

1019 × 1971 px

NGC 6823 Cloud Sculpting Star Cluster, a young, small open cluster of stars located about 6,000 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. Associated with the emission nebula NGC 6820, the cluster is roughly 50 light-years across, only 2 million years old, and dominated by bright, young blue stars that sculpt surrounding gas pillars . Outer parts of the cluster contain even younger stars.

See it in the star clusters gallery