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Michael A. Stecker
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NGC 6820
NGC 6820 is a faint red emission nebula in Vulpecula that lies 3.7 degrees west of the Dumbbell Nebula (M27). The nebula has a prominent rod-shaped dark component on its eastern border. Embedded in the nebula is open cluster NGC 6823.
Photographic Data: An Astrophysics 155 mm f/7
EDF refractor and 35 mm camera were used with
hypersensitized Kodak Pro 400 PPF film. Two
50-minute exposures were made centered at RA 19 hrs,
46 min and Declination +43 degrees. The field of
view is 1.5 x 1 degree and north is to the right.
The negatives were stacked, processed, and cropped
in the computer.
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