Cygnus: Around 6819

NGC 6819 is a little and lonely open cluster located near the galactic plane in the vast Cygnus Milky Way. If that sounds like a paradox, it isn’t. Not every object in the Milky Way stands out like a bursting firecracker. The fact is, NGC 6819 is just far enough away from the main stream of the celestial Mardi Gras parading through the long axis of the Northern Cross that it is as inconspicuous as a butterfly fluttering in a field near a busy highway.

Technical details

Guiding: Skywatcher HEQ5, Vixen ED81s, DMK21AU04, PHD guiding

Capture: Canon EOS 450D, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L @ 2.8 (piggy back), 1x5 min ISO 800

Parnonas July 2012