Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884  ·  chi Persei Cluster  ·  h Persei Cluster
Perseus double cluster, Abhijit Juvekar
Perseus double cluster
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Perseus double cluster

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Perseus double cluster

Imaged through the city sky, 86% moonlight & cloudy sky conditions.

Open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884 which are close together in the constellation Perseus.

NGC 884 includes five prominent red supergiant stars.

There are more than 300 blue-white super-giant stars in each of the clusters.

ZWO 1600MM-PRO with GSO 6 inch RC.

0.67X focal reducer used.

LRBB image.

3 min x 15 L, R, B channel each.

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Perseus double cluster, Abhijit Juvekar