Wide-field View: Star Cluster NGC 6520 & Dark Cloud Barnard 86 | ESO
This wide-field view shows the very rich star fields of the Large Sagittarius Star Cloud and the cluster NGC 6520 and the neighboring dark cloud Barnard 86. It was created from images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Distance: 6,000 light years
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date: Feb. 13, 2013
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