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September 29, 2013

Double Cluster

Okie Tex Star Party 2013

The Double Cluster is the common name for the naked-eye open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869, which are close together in the constellation Perseus. NGC 884 and NGC 869 are at distances of 7600 and 6800 light-years away, respectively, so they are close to one another in space as well.

The very dark skies at the star party enable the Hydrogen Alpha background of the region to show.

Takahashi FSQ-106N at f/5
SBIG STF-8300M CCD camera
Astro Tech 72 ED guidescope
Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Astro Physics Mach 1 GTO mount

Red/Green/Blue (1x1 bin)- (10@ 2min each)
Luminosity 1x1 - 10 @ 2 min each
Guided with PHD
Captured and Stacked in Nebulosity 3
Processed in Photoshop CS5 hide exif

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