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Open cluster M26 in Scutum

by

Jim Misti/Novapix

Reference

a-aou66-94002

Date

2007-03-28

M26 is an open cluster in the constellation Scutum. A fairly tight cluster, in this deep image it has to compete with a very populous background of Milky Way stars. It is about 5000 light-years away and around 90 million years old.