NGC 7245, King 9, IC 1442 open star clusters

A trio of small open clusters in Cassiopeia. Luminance from 8" newt, color from Zenithstar 61.

 

NGC 7245 and King 9 bottom center, IC 1442 top just right of center.

 

Equipment

 

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses

Meade Starfinder 8 f/6 Newtonian OTA · William Optics ZenithStar 61 / ZS61

Imaging Cameras

QHYCCD QHY183C · ZWO ASI1600MM

Mounts

Celestron Omni CG-4 · Losmandy GM8 / GM8G

Filters

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2"

Accessories

Astro-Tech .8x Reducer/Field Flattener · Baader 2" MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector (2458400A) · GSO 2" Photo-Visual Coma Corrector · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor

Software

Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

 

Acquisition details

 

Frames:

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 400×30″(3h 20′)

Baader Neodymium Moon & Skyglow 2": 109×60″(1h 49′)

Integration:

5h 9′

 

RA center: 22h15m19s.2

 

DEC center: +54°10′33″

 

Pixel scale: 0.638 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 194.000 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.558 degrees

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Resolution: 5280x3438

 

File size: 12.8 MB

 

Data source: Backyard

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