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The Double Cluster
Here, NGC 884 and 869 are shown. Commonly reffered to as "The Double Cluster", these two Open Star Clusters are reletively close to Earth within our Milky Way. The two lie in the constellation of Perseus. The Double Cluster is a naked eye object for some depending on age and location. Personally, NGC 884 and 869 are two of my favorite objects to look at. Because they are so large, most telescopes have to use low power magnification to veiw them, which makes the young hot stars really POP out from the background sky. Each star can be resolved, looking like a cloud of diamonds against the charcoal gray of the night sky.
Canon Rebel T3 (1100D) Unmodified
Exposure 68x60sec ISO 800 (1 hour and 8 minutes) though BackyardEOS
Imaged with an AT65EDQ f/6.5 at 420mm of focal length.
The scope rode on a Celestron CG-5, guided with an Orion Starshoot Autoguider in an Orion 50mm mini guidescope, ran in PhD, and dithered with BackyardEOS.
The image is fully calibrated in DeepSkyStacker with darks, flats, bias, and flat darks. Post processing was done in CS6.
The Double Cluster
Here, NGC 884 and 869 are shown. Commonly reffered to as "The Double Cluster", these two Open Star Clusters are reletively close to Earth within our Milky Way. The two lie in the constellation of Perseus. The Double Cluster is a naked eye object for some depending on age and location. Personally, NGC 884 and 869 are two of my favorite objects to look at. Because they are so large, most telescopes have to use low power magnification to veiw them, which makes the young hot stars really POP out from the background sky. Each star can be resolved, looking like a cloud of diamonds against the charcoal gray of the night sky.
Canon Rebel T3 (1100D) Unmodified
Exposure 68x60sec ISO 800 (1 hour and 8 minutes) though BackyardEOS
Imaged with an AT65EDQ f/6.5 at 420mm of focal length.
The scope rode on a Celestron CG-5, guided with an Orion Starshoot Autoguider in an Orion 50mm mini guidescope, ran in PhD, and dithered with BackyardEOS.
The image is fully calibrated in DeepSkyStacker with darks, flats, bias, and flat darks. Post processing was done in CS6.