NGC 6834

NGC 6834
Observation data (J2000.0 epoch)
Right ascension	19h 52.2m[1]
Declination	+29° 25′[1]
Distance	7,002 ly (2,147 pc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	7.8[1]
Physical characteristics
Estimated age	65 ± 18 myr[2]
Other designations	C 1950+292.[1]
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

NGC 6834 is an open cluster of stars located about 7,000 light years from the Sun in the constellation Vulpecula. It has a visual magnitude of 7.8 and an estimated age of 65 million years.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "NGC 6834 -- Open (galactic) Cluster". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+6834. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Paunzen, E.; Netopil, M. (October 2006). "On the current status of open-cluster parameters". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 371 (4): 1641–1647. arXiv:astro-ph/0607421. Bibcode 2006MNRAS.371.1641P. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10783.x.