Open Clusters - Autumn
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M34 in Perseus Magnitude 5.2 - Size 35' - 100 stars 2005 Nov 09 - FS-60C @ f/5.9 - SXV-H9 - R:G:B: 10:10:10 min A nice binocular object about 5° west-northwest of Algol. |
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Double Cluster (NGC 869/884) in Perseus Magnitude 5,3/6,1 - Size 30'/30' - class. II 3 m 2005 Oct 10 - FS-60C - SXV-H9 - R:G:B: 12:12:16 min The Double Cluster is a naked eye object under a moderately dark sky. It is therefore quite surprising that Messier missed it in his famous catalogue. |
NGC 7789 in Cassiopeia
Magnitude 6,7 - Size 16' - 300 stars
05 Sep 2002 - FFC 3.5/500 - MX516 - 20 x 30 sec high res mode
Very rich open cluster comprising about 1000 stars.
M52 in Cassiopeia
Magnitude 6,9 - Size 13' - 200 stars
13 Sep 2002 - FFC 3.5/500 - LRGB = 7:3:3:4 min - high res mode
M103 in Cassiopeia
Magnitude 7,4 - Size 6,0' - 40 stars
13 Sep 2002 - FFC 3.5/500 - LRGB = 6:4:3:4 min - high res mode
NGC 457 (Owl Cluster) in Cassiopeia
Magnitude 6,4 - Size 13' - 80 stars
13 Sep 2002 - FFC 3.5/500 - LRGB = 6:4:2:7 min - high res mode
This cluster is sometimes nicknamed the "ET Cluster" and it really looks like an alien with those two "eyes". The brightest star is phi Cass. and is not a member of the cluster
NGC 869/884, The Double Cluster in Perseus
Magnitude 5,3/6,1 - Size 30'/30'
06 Oct 2002 - FFC 3.5/500 - MX516 - Mosaic of 4 images - Each image LRGB = 7:2:2:2 min in high res mode
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