Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  M 37  ·  NGC 2099
Messier 37 Open Cluster, Tom Wildoner
Messier 37 Open Cluster
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Messier 37 Open Cluster

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Messier 37 Open Cluster (also known as M37 or NGC 2099) is the richest open cluster in the constellation Auriga. Burnham refers to this as a "superb galactic star cluster for telescopes of all sizes".

PHOTO DETAILS: photographed on January 3, 2014 under good conditions and includes 10 x 60 second exposures using a Canon T4i and Canon EF400mm f/5.6L USM lens at ISO 800. The cluster was tracked using a ZEQ25GT mount from iOptron. Photo's were stacked in ImagesPlus and final editing done in Corel PaintshopPro X6 and X5.

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Messier 37 Open Cluster, Tom Wildoner