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NGC 663, 654 LDN 1332-1334 - 1337 and VDB 6

VDB 6 is the very small reflection nebula in the lower Left of the open cluster NGC 654 (Seen at Right)

NGC 663, also known as Caldwell 10,(Seen at left) is young open cluster of about 400 stars in the Cassiopeia constellation.
It has an estimated 400 stars and spans about a quarter of a degree across the sky at a distance of about 7000 LY.

The Dark Nebulae Seen Right of NGC 663 are LDN - 1332,1334,1337

Imaged with Boren-Simon 10" F/2.8 POWERNEWT Astrograph.
SBIG ST8300M camera with FW5 filterwheel and BAADER LRGB filters.

Lum = 70 minutes
RGB = 15 minutes each (BIN 2)

Total of 115 minutes.


Imaged from the NEGEV desert in ISRAEL


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