Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  Double cluster  ·  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884  ·  The star 7Per  ·  The star 8Per
Double Cluster, Ares69
Double Cluster
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Double Cluster

Double Cluster, Ares69
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Double Cluster

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Cluster tend to seem very similar at the untrained eye, so they aren't as appreciated by friends and family as galaxies or nebulas

The Double is more peculiar than most

I like the difference in star color... and I was surprised to learn that they are so young, just 12Myears... that's nothing. Truly born yesterday on the cosmic scale

I had to throw away a 1/2 of the subs because of dew condensing on the camera/OTA... need to get an heated strip for the refractor as well for these early autumn nights, yesterday night was 14C and 88% RH

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Description: I have changed the filter to get rid of the IR halo around the brighter stars, and used a CLS-CCD vs simple CLS I also artificially created the star spikes by placing two strings in front of the scope aperture
added more subs
Also took better flats

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Double Cluster, Ares69