Imaging telescopes or lenses: Rokinon 135mm
Imaging cameras: QSI 583wsg
Mounts: Astro Physics AP Mach 1 GTO with GTOCP3
Software: Software Bisque TheSky X · Focus Max · Pisinsight 1.8
Filters: Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 · Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2 · Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2 · Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2
Accessory: Robofocus
Dates:April 26, 2020 , May 19, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 25x300" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2: 20x300" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-Series Gen 2: 17x300" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-Series Generation 2: 12x300" -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 6.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 14.84 days
Avg. Moon phase: 10.13%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 2.00
Astrometry.net job: 3895968
Resolution: 3243x2391
Data source: Amateur hosting facility
Remote source: DeepSkyWest
This star cluster is located in the constellation Cabellera de Berenice, this cluster is very well accompanied by countless galaxies, given the FOV of the image we can see them planted around this star cluster, giving the impression that they are very small, this It is one of the regions that hosts a large number of galaxies, along with the constellations of Virgo and Leo. We are going to list some of those galazies, The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4665), The Koi Fish Galaxy (NGC 4559), NGC 4555, 4274, 4283, 4278 ... Without a doubt this is one of those images to observe carefully and every time If you look at it, you may see a new galaxy. This open cluster is one of the closest to us, it is only 260 a.l. away.
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