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NGC 103

NGC 103 (2024)

  • Constellation: Cassiopeia
  • Right Ascension: 00h 25m 18s
  • Declination: +61° 21.0′
  • Distance: 4600 ly

NGC 103 is a small open cluster located in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

NGC103 Annotated

Details
Category: Open Clusters
Published: 04 October 2024
  • Open Cluster
  • Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
  • Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
NGC 6791

NGC 6791 (2024)

  • Constellation: Lyra
  • Right Ascension: 19h 20m 53s
  • Declination: +37° 46.3′
  • Distance: 13,300 ly

NGC 6791 is an open star cluster located in the constellation of Lyra. One of the oldest known clusters, its age is estimated to be 8 billion years. A heavily studied cluster and was also in the field of view of the Kepler space telescope that was designed to look for planet transits.

Details
Category: Open Clusters
Published: 12 September 2024
  • Open Cluster
  • Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
  • Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
NGC 6755

NGC 6755 and NGC 6756 (2024)

  • Constellation: Aquila
  • Right Ascension: 19h 07m 46.1s
  • Declination: +04° 13′ 26″
  • Distance: 8,060 ly

NGC 6755 is an open cluster located in the constellation of Aquila. Its estimated age is 250 million years. It has a Trumpler classification of II2r.

NGC6755 Es127 Zwo2600 091124 annotated

To the upper right is a unrelated small open cluster NGC 6756. NGC 6756 estimated distance is 6,363 light years.Image of NGC 6756 follows.

NGC6756 Es127 Zwo2600 091124

Details
Category: Open Clusters
Published: 11 September 2024
  • Open Cluster
  • Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
  • Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
NGC 7063

NGC 7063 (2023)

  • Constellation: Cygnus
  • Right Ascension: 21h 24m
  • Declination: +36° 29'
  • Distance: 2,246 ly

NGC 7063 is an open cluster located in the constellation of Cygnus.

Details
Category: Open Clusters
Published: 11 February 2024
  • Open Cluster
  • Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
  • Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
NGC 7160

NGC 7160 (2023)

  • Constellation: Cepheus
  • Right Ascension: 21h 53m 40s
  • Declination: +62° 36′ 12″
  • Distance: 2,570 ly

NGC 7160 is a small open cluster located in Cepheus. Consisting of less that 100 stars, and is a younger cluster at an estimated age of 15 million years of age. The cluster is classified as Trumpler II3p with a poor central concentration of stars.

Details
Category: Open Clusters
Published: 28 January 2024
  • Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
  • Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
IC 361

IC 361 (2023)

  • Constellation: Camelopardalis
  • Right Ascension: 4h 18m
  • Declination: +58° 14'
  • Distance: 3,500 ly

IC 361 is an intermediate age open cluster located in Camelopardalis.

Details
Category: Open Clusters
Published: 27 January 2024
  • Open Cluster
  • Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
  • Camera: ZWO 2600 MM
  1. NGC 225 (2023)
  2. NGC 6811 (2023)
  3. NGC 6605? (2023)
  4. NGC 6709 (2023)

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