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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope • Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• California Institute of Technology
• Vision for Space Exploration
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About the Object Object Name: DR6
Object Type: Star Formation Region
Position (J2000): RA: 20h27m13.39s Dec: 39d26m33.1s
Constellation: Cygnus
About the Data Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Carey
Instrument: IRAC
Wavelength: 3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8-8.0 (red) microns
Exposure Date: 2003 November 2003
Exposure Time: 50 seconds per position
Image Scale: 9.8 x 13.8 arcmin
Orientation: North is 30.7 deg CCW from up
Release Date: October 28, 2004
Observers IRAC IST (SSC/Caltech), IRAC IT (SAO)

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