Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  Double cluster  ·  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884
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Perseus Double Cluster (RGB), Linda
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Perseus Double Cluster (RGB), Linda
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I'm not a fan of star cluster images in general, but back in September 2019 my main target went behind the tree and there was still a bit of time left before morning twilight so I swung over to the double cluster and got all of 23 minutes. Yep, you read that right, 23 minutes. I wasn't sure I'd even do anything with the data but with some downtime thanks to interminable clouds I decided to try.

The Double Cluster is such a pretty sight in the eyepiece and I wanted to try to preserve that feel as much as I could. My goal wasn't to bring out every last star but actually keep the stars from overwhelming things.

Processing was very basic: DBE, PCC, HT, Curves (for saturation) and SCNR to tone down some green. That was it.

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