rbrecher Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 NGC6883 is listed as an open cluster, but to me the vast curtains of nebulae surrounding the cluster are much more interesting. The nebula is the eastern part of LBN182, but I couldn’t find much information about it. Much of the nebulosity in this area in Cygnus is about 7,500 light years away, so this nebulosity also likely lies at a similar distance. There seems to be much more written about the open closer of 30 or so stars near the centre of this image, a cluster which I find very difficult to discern because of the densely packed field of Milky Way stars. I love the richness and variety of star colours in this image which including a pinkish star near the upper left of this image (it was also pink in the RGB image without Ha). Also, at bottom left of centre is a small reflection nebula. The nebula is identified as GN20.10.7, but I found no information about its properties or distance. http://astrodoc.ca/ngc6883-open-cluster-with-nebula-colour/ Clear skies,Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Nice image Ron - and great tech info as usual! Way too far north for me - thanks for showing it. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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