Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7789
NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha), 



    
        

            Mike Oates
NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha)
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NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha)

NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha), 



    
        

            Mike Oates
NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha)
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NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha)

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 31, 2017
Frames:
Blue: 26×60(26′) bin 1×1
Green: 20×60(20′) bin 1×1
Ha 5nm: 24×1800(12h) bin 1×1
Red: 23×60(23′) bin 1×1
Integration:
13h 9′
Avg. Moon age:
9.31 days
Avg. Moon phase:
69.89%
Mean SQM:
18.50

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 1832975

RA center: 23h57m24s.10

DEC center: +56°4138

Pixel scale: 1.435 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.130 degrees

Field radius: 0.876 degrees

Resolution: 3364x2828

File size: 5.9 MB

Locations: The Hills Observatory, Manchester, United Kingdom

Data source: Backyard

Description

A view of this cluster like you have never seen before. This is a basic RGB image taken in about an hour. Then another 12 hours of Ha data taken as 24 x 1800s subs bin 1x1. The Ha is then added as a tonemap, (i.e. stars removed)

This Ha nebula is Very faint and still needs lots of processing to bring it out.

This is second such open cluster I have finished that shows faint Ha in the frame, the first one being M39.

Version C has better contrast and more saturation. After uploading the previous version, I was aware that it looked rather flat compared to the version on my PC

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  • NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha), 



    
        

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    Original
  • NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha), 



    
        

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    B
  • Final
    NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha), 



    
        

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    C

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NGC 7789 Open Star Cluster in Cassiopeia (with Ha), 



    
        

            Mike Oates