My Astrophotography – Messier 29

Messier 29 (Cooling Tower Cluster)

• Messier 29 (M29) is a small open star cluster located deep within the rich star fields and interstellar dust lanes of the Milky Way in the constellation Cygnus.
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• About 70 stars form a group inside Cygnus, the constellation resembling a giant swan flying through the Milky Way.
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• Object Name
  M29

• Object Type
  Open Cluster

• Constellation
  Cygnus

• Magnitude
  +7.1

• Distance
  5,240 light-years

• Age
  13 million years

• Annotated

Telescope:

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Accessories:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI585MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong eXtreme

• Date:
  Sunday 23rd August 2026
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• Time:
  22:45 /11.45 pm (BST)
  

• Moonlit:
  Waxing gibbous 12 days old
  Magnitude: -12.4
  Moonlit: 83%

• Total:
  180’s x 10 subs = 30 minutes

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M29

NGC 6913 / Cr 422 / Cooling Tower Cluster

Open Cluster

+7.1

5,2400 light years / 26 light years across

Cyg (Cygnus / The Swan)

20h 23m 56s

+38° 31′ 24″

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