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NGC869-884 - Double Cluster
Two open clusters side by side, this pairing in the constellation of Perseus can be seen as a hazy patch with the naked eye from a reasonably dark site. Magnificent in any binoculars. This "double" cluster lies at a distance of 7000 light years with the two being only about 200 light years apart.

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Date/Location: Corringham, Essex  19 September 2008
Equipment: 8" f/5 Newtonian
Camera/Exposure: ST2000XM ccd camera with Astrodon filters.   LRGB  3 hours total
  Mosaic of two separate images

 

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Date/Location: Corringham, Essex  8 September 2006  
Equipment: Tak FS60C 60mm f/5.9 refractor on AP900 mount  
Camera/Exposure: ST2000XM ccd camera with Astrodon filters.   LRGB  63/33/33/33 minutes (all 3 minute unguided subs)  
     
 

Date/Location: Corringham, Essex  3 March 2006  
Equipment: 5" f6 apo refractor on AP900 mount  
Camera/Exposure: ST2000XM ccd camera with Astrodon filters.   RGB  24/24/24 minutes (all 3 minute unguided subs)  
     

 

 

Date/Location: Thetford, Norfolk  12 August 2005  
Equipment: 5" f6 apo refractor on a Losmandy GM8 mouunt  
Camera/Exposure: ST2000XM ccd camera with Astrodon filters.   RGB  7/7/7 minutes (all 1 minute unguided subs)  
     
Notes: A very misty (see image below) night with a lot of cloud blowing through.  

Following a very misty (wet) night, this was the view in the adjoining field just prior to sunrise (composite image).

 

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Date/Location: Dengie Marshes, Essex   September, 2003  
Equipment: AP 6"  Refractor on AP900 mount guided with an ST4  
Camera/Exposure: Olympus OM1 35mm camera / Provia P400F slide film / 1x50 mins, 1 x 5 mins  
Processing: Scanned with Minolta D'Image Scan Duall II @ 2700dpi, Aligned with Registar, post processed   with Photoshop 7  
Notes: Focus was a bit soft on this picture, which resulted in exaggerated star colours, an effect I quite liked.  

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