This is the field containing the bright, large, but sparse star cluster Messier 39 in Cygnus, at lower left, amid a rich starfield laced with dark dus

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This is the field containing the bright, large, but sparse star cluster Messier 39 in Cygnus, at lower left, amid a rich starfield laced with dark dust. The elongated dark nebula Barnard 363 is at centre. The patch at top os B362. The field of view is ° by °. This is a stack of 10 x 6-minute exposures with the Astro-Tech 90CFT refractor with the Reducer for and the filter-modified Canon R at ISO 800. On the Astro-Physics 600E mount and autoguided with the MGENIII guider. No filter employed other than a UV/IR Cut filter. Star spikes added with AstronomyTools actions.

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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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