M29
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| Description | Messier 29, or M29, also known as NGC 6913 or the Cooling Tower Cluster, is a quite small, bright open cluster of stars just south of the central bright star Gamma Cygni in the northern zone of the sky, Cygnus. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764 and can be seen from Earth by using binoculars. |
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| Data/Processing Attribution | This is my data and processing. |
| Distances/Size | Distance to the object- 5,240 light years; angular size in the sky is about 7’ (minutes) |
| Equipment | Mount-PlaneWave L-350; Scope-PlaneWave CDK14″, 356 mm aperture, 2563 mm focal length; Camera-Moravian C3-61000, 0.30 arcsec/pixel. |
