Cosmology does, I think, affect the way that we perceive humanity's role in nature. One thing we've learnt from astronomy is that the future lying ahead is more prolonged than the past. Even our sun is less than halfway through its life.
/ Sir Martin Rees /



In memoriam Halton C. Arp (1927-2013).


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M39 (Open cluster)
Also known as: NGC 7092
Right ascension: 21h 32m Declination: 48° 29'
Constellation: Cygnus
Date/time: 2012.06.23 0:00 UT
Equipment: 4.5" f/8 Newtonian
FoV: 50' Magnification and filter(s): 43x
Seeing: 7/10 Transparency: 4/5
Location: Lipótfa, Zselic, Hungary
Observer: Ferenc Lovró
Description:

Sparsely populated, very large and very bright cluster, already visible with my tiny finderscope, nicely sitting in front of the Milky Way. Contains about a dozen bright stars with various luminosity. Has a fuzzy background to the NE thanks to out galaxy. This is my first sketch from Lipótfa, a tiny village surrounded by the Zselic Starry Sky Park - one of Europe's first Starry Sky Parks.
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