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NGC 654, in the center of the image, is a small (diameter 5’) open cluster in Cassiopeia: it contains about 60 stars and is located at an estimated distance of 8500 light years.
Around the second brightest stars of the cluster it is visible a very small bluish nebula: it is a reflection nebula lightened by the star light, it is catalogued as VdB6.
Near NGC 654 it is visible the sinuous shape of a dark nebula, LDN 1343/1344.
On the bottom right side it is visible another rich open cluster, NGC 663.