http://horizonastro.blogspot.com/2010/12/les-granges-2010.html
An interesting, not often imaged emission nebula (NGC 6820) and open cluster (NGC 6823) located in the constellation of Vulpecula. The centre of the open cluster contains very large and hot blue stars, which will last millions rather than billions of years (e.g. yellow stars such as the Sun) before burning themselves out. The large dust and gas pillars are probably formed when radiation from nearby stars pushes and erodes it away much like the well known "Elephant's Trunk" in IC 1396.
Object: NGC 6820, NGC 6823 (6000ly)
Telescope: Tak FSQ85
Camera: Atik 320E
Exposures: Ha-68x300s
Processing: DSS, PS CS3
The camera showed class here, picking up loads of the faint stuff!
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