NGC 6882 NGC 6885


Combination of 15, 1 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 6882 and NGC 6885 are a pair of overlapping open clusters in Vulpecular . NGC 6882 is a large and scattered cluster, with relatively few stars, while NGC 6885 is a much smaller and more compact cluster centred around a 6th magnitude B-type main sequence star which night be a member of the cluster.