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Total Exposure Time: 2:54 hours
LRGB 174 on e min frames = 96:27:26:26 / UNGUIDED 1 min. frames
RA 02h 20m 22.5s, Dec +57° 09' 08.0"
Pos Angle +358° 33.0', FL 599.8 mm, 1.86"/Pixel
This image is 3182x2398 pixels

Imaged under the crystal clear skies of SkyGems Station, Astropcamp Nerpio, Spain, 1650 meters high
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Officina Stellare Riccardi-Honders Veloce 200 RH OTA
ASA DDM60 Pro Mount
Officina Stellare - http://www.officinastellare.com/products_scheda.php?idProd=15
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/officina_stellare_riccardihonders_veloce_rh_200
Deeper technical informaiton on the Riccardi-Honders design - http://www.telescope-optics.net/honders_camera.htm
ASA DDM60 Pro - http://www.astrosysteme.at/eng/mount_ddm60.html
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/asa_ddm60_pro
SBIG STF8300M, Astrodon Gen II

I have recently viewed this classic sky gem from a high dark spot at Zagoria, Greece,
with my family, on the APM 100 ED APO 90. It was an easy decision to try and replicate the bino view in an image through the scope
at the SkyGems station at Nerpio, Spain. To keep stars as tight and crisp as possible, I've used for luminance 96 one minute shots.
Note how each little spec of light - a star - in this celestial black velvet vista, shines in its own distinct color

A lovely starfield in the heroic northern constellation Perseus holds this famous pair of open or galactic star clusters, h and Chi Persei.
Also cataloged as NGC 869 (right) and NGC 884, both clusters are about 7,000 light-years away and contain stars much younger and hotter than the Sun.
Separated by only a few hundred light-years, the clusters' ages based on their individual stars are similar - evidence that they were likely a product of the same star-forming region.
Always a rewarding sight in binoculars, the Double Cluster is even visible to the unaided eye from dark locations.
(ref. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091204.html)