Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  21 Lyr  ·  21 tet Lyr  ·  HD180659  ·  HD181470  ·  HD181655  ·  HD182354  ·  NGC 6791  ·  The star θ Lyr
Field around the old Starcluster NGC 6791, Michael Kraus
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Field around the old Starcluster NGC 6791

Field around the old Starcluster NGC 6791, Michael Kraus
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Field around the old Starcluster NGC 6791

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NGC 6791 is an open star cluster in the constellation Lyra, located approximately 17,000 light-years from Earth.
The star cluster is between 4 and 8 billion years old, making it one of the oldest known open star clusters.

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