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M67 or NGC 2682 in Cancer. March 2014
Another clear sky, albeit with half a moon :)
Continuing my obsession with all things cluster, this is M67 in Cancer. Apparently there are few Galactic clusters known to be older (this is something like 4 billion years old), and none of them are as close as M67, so it is the subject of much study (according to Wiki). Slight variation in the spikes on this one, just to ring the changes :) A little noisy, but I had some trouble retaining the colour so decided to put up with it.
SW ED80/EQ5
Canon 500D modded, Baader Neodymium filter
60 x 180 sec subs, iso 800
Acquisition: APT
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD/EQMOD/AstroEQ
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5.
M67 or NGC 2682 in Cancer. March 2014
Another clear sky, albeit with half a moon :)
Continuing my obsession with all things cluster, this is M67 in Cancer. Apparently there are few Galactic clusters known to be older (this is something like 4 billion years old), and none of them are as close as M67, so it is the subject of much study (according to Wiki). Slight variation in the spikes on this one, just to ring the changes :) A little noisy, but I had some trouble retaining the colour so decided to put up with it.
SW ED80/EQ5
Canon 500D modded, Baader Neodymium filter
60 x 180 sec subs, iso 800
Acquisition: APT
Guiding: Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD/EQMOD/AstroEQ
Stacked in DSS and processed in CS5.