M29 = NGC6913 ( 20h 23.9m +30°32´, 6.6 mag. )
This open cluster in Cygnus was found by Messier on July 29, 1764. Located about 4,400 ly away, it is heavily obscured by the dust in MilkyWay's equatorial plane.
M29 (open cluster)
M39 (open cluster)
Deneb, along with Altair and Vega form the well-known Summer Triangle.
Another famous object in Cygnus is Cygnus X-1, a black hole candidate.
M29 is a small, coarse group of stars in the constellation Cygnus. It is located about 7,000 light-years from Earth. The cluster contains only six stars with a magnitude brighter than 9.5, which form a small, stubby dipper in the center.
M29 (NGC 6913) is an open cluster, quite a lackluster Messier of about half a dozen eighth magnitude stars shaped like a square. The cluster is found 1.5 degrees south of gamma Cygni (and a couple of arc mintues to the east).
M29 WeaselM2 (album)M2 (Copenhagen)
M2 .50 Caliber Machine GunM2 BallM2 Bradley
M2 flamethrowerM2 Half Track CarM2 Hills Motorway ...
This object is another in our treasure chest of open clusters, and brighter than any other open cluster we have seen this week, except for M29. It is also the largest by far, appearing nearly twice as wide across as M29.
Near gamma Cyg lies the open star cluster M29. Its 50 member stars build a not too impressive stargroup.
About nine degrees east and a bit north of alpha Cyg is the open star cluster M39 located.
 See also: Cygnus, Open, Cluster, Sky, Degree
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