🔭 M39 — Pyramid Cluster

Open cluster in Cygnus

M39, Pyramid Cluster is a open cluster in the constellation Cygnus, with an apparent magnitude of about 4.6, roughly 0.824 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M39
Common name	Pyramid Cluster
Object type	Open cluster
Constellation	Cygnus
NGC / IC	NGC 7092
Apparent magnitude	4.6
Distance (approx.)	0.824 thousand light-years

What a open cluster is

A loose, young family of a few dozen to a few thousand stars born together from the same gas cloud and drifting apart over time. The Pleiades are the most famous example.

Other Messier objects in Cygnus: M29.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.