NGC 6871 is a small young cluster located in Cygnus. Easily lost against the dense star fields of Cygnus. The cluster contains less that 50 members, but has several eclipsing binary stars, one being V 453 Cyg. Several dark nebula are also visible in the image.
NGC 6871 (2022)
- Constellation: Cygnus
- Right Ascension: 20h 05m 59s
- Declination: +35° 46.6′
- Distance: 5133 ly
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM