Double star cluster
About this image:
The double star cluster in constellation Perseus, these clusters can be seen with your naked eye in the northern hemisphere below the big W shape constellation Casssiopeia. Open clusters form when giant molecular clouds of gas collapse under there own gravity. The cluster to the left is NGC 884, the one on the right is NGC 869.
Technical details:
Optics: 8" f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph with coma corrector
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: Canon 60D unmodified
Guiding: 60mm guide scope with orion starshoot
Dates: November 5-2021 thorugh November 7-2021
Location: Taken at my Backyard observatory in Northwest Mo.
Exposure details: 6 hours 2-minutes subs, no calibrations frams
Processing: Pixlnsight, photoshop
The double star cluster in constellation Perseus, these clusters can be seen with your naked eye in the northern hemisphere below the big W shape constellation Casssiopeia. Open clusters form when giant molecular clouds of gas collapse under there own gravity. The cluster to the left is NGC 884, the one on the right is NGC 869.
Technical details:
Optics: 8" f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph with coma corrector
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: Canon 60D unmodified
Guiding: 60mm guide scope with orion starshoot
Dates: November 5-2021 thorugh November 7-2021
Location: Taken at my Backyard observatory in Northwest Mo.
Exposure details: 6 hours 2-minutes subs, no calibrations frams
Processing: Pixlnsight, photoshop
