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Dark Horse Observatory

I am trying to capture a complete collection of all the Messier open clusters.

Cocoon Nebula - IC 5146 and Collinder 470 IC 5146 is a beautiful emission and reflection nebula with a bright central star and an open cluster, Collinder 470, all located in a dark nebula, LDN 1035	M011 - The Wild Duck Cluster M011, the Wild Duck Cluster, is an open cluster in the constellation, Scutum (the shield).	M029 - The Cooling Tower M029 is an open cluster in Cygnus that is surrounded by nebulae.	M034 - The Spiral Cluster M34, the Spiral Cluster, is an open cluster composed of between 60 and 100 stars in the Constellation Perseus.
M038 - The Starfish Cluster M38, the Starfish Cluster is an open cluster composed of about 120 stars in the constellation Auriga.	M046 M46 is a very rich open cluster of stars located in Puppis with a small planetary nebula in its field	M067 - King Cobra Cluster M67 is an open cluster in Cancer that is visible to the naked eye.	NGC 0559 NGC 0559 is an open cluster known by the appellation, "The Ghost's Goblet" which may lie along the line of site of a supernova remnant.
NGC 6791 NGC 6791 in the constellation Lyra is one of the most ancient open clusters known.	NGC 6939 NGC 6939 is a faint open cluster in the constellation, Cepheus, near NGC 6946.	NGC 7023 (Caldwell 4) & Collinder 427 NGC 7023 is a beautiful reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus that resembles an Iris flower associated with a loose open cluster, Collinder 427.	NGC 7129 NGC 7129 is both an open cluster and a diffuse nebula
NGC7789 in Cassiopeia This is an image of an open star cluster in NGC 7789 in the constellation Cassiopeia.