Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 457  ·  The star φCas
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Dragonfly Cluster (NGC 457)

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Dragonfly Cluster (NGC 457), 



    
        

            Scott Johnson
Dragonfly Cluster (NGC 457)
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Dragonfly Cluster (NGC 457)

Acquisition details

Dates:
Oct. 26, 2017
Frames:
100×30(50′)
Integration:
50′
Avg. Moon age:
6.11 days
Avg. Moon phase:
36.59%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 1786965

RA center: 01h19m31s.4

DEC center: +58°1716

Pixel scale: 0.949 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 359.295 degrees

Field radius: 0.490 degrees

Resolution: 3088x2072

File size: 4.4 MB

Locations: The Driveway, Acworth, GA, United States

Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NGC 457 (also known as the Owl Cluster, the ET Cluster, or Caldwell 13) is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787,[2] and lies over 7,900 light years away from the Sun. It has an estimated age of 21 million years.[1] The cluster is sometimes referred by amateur astronomers as the Owl Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster,[2] the ET Cluster (due to its resemblance to the movie character) or the "Skiing Cluster". Two bright stars, magnitude 5 Phi-1 Cassiopeiae and magnitude 7 Phi-2 Cassiopeiae can be imagined as eyes. The cluster features a rich field of about 150 stars of magnitudes 12-15.[2]

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Dragonfly Cluster (NGC 457), 



    
        

            Scott Johnson