Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884  ·  NGC 957  ·  The star 7Per  ·  The star 8Per  ·  The star 9Per  ·  chi Persei Cluster  ·  h Persei Cluster
Double cluster in Perseus, Gendra
Double cluster in Perseus
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Double cluster in Perseus

Double cluster in Perseus, Gendra
Double cluster in Perseus
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Double cluster in Perseus

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Initially I planned on capturing the north america nebula but I had quite difficulties framing it with my dslr's live view so I took an image of the double cluster (NGC869 & 884) instead. The night was quite windy and after one hour clouds were coming up so I took 55x75s frames.

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Description: 50% Crop stacked with the 3x drizzle option

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Description: 50% Crop stacked with the 3x drizzle option - reworked the stars

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Double cluster in Perseus, Gendra