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Open cluster M26 in Scutum

author: Jim Misti/Novapix

reference: a-aou66-94002

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 22 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

2005 - ASTRONOMY - M26 - NGC 6694 - OPEN CLUSTER - SCUTUM - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -