The Double Cluster in
Perseus
(NGC 869 and NGC 884)
Photo Details:
- Instrument:
Takahashi FS-102 on GP-DX.
- Filters:
None.
- Exposure:
43 minutes ISO800 NR on.
- Camera:
Canon 20D.
- Software:
K3CCDTools, Photoshop CS2,
Neatimage.
- Location:
10 22 29.33 E - 59 11 47.83 N.
- Date:
29.01.2006.
- Local Time:
00.21.
- Comments:
Light pollution
is high this night.
- Guiding:
K3CCDTools and webcam on
Celestron 102mm Wide
View Spotting Scope.
- Explanation:
Two young open
clusters that lie close together in the sky in Perseus and are visible to the
naked eye on a clear, dark night as a hazy patch of light.
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