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M36, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

M36

M36, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

M36

Description

M36 taken on 09/01/2014 6 x 300 secs subs.

Open Cluster M36 (also known as Messier Object 36, Messier 36, M36, or NGC 1960) is an open cluster in the Auriga constellation. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654. M36 is at a distance of about 4,100 light years away from Earth and is about 14 light years across. There are at least sixty members in the cluster. The cluster is very similar to the Pleiades cluster (M45), and if it were the same distance from Earth it would be of similar magnitude.

Camera: QHY8L CCD cooled to -20C

Guiding: PHD 9x50 Finder Scope,QHY5 Mono with IR filter ( Finder Guider )

Optics: Skywatcher ED80,Skywatcher 0.85x focal reducer

Filter: Astronomik CLS Filter

Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ6-GT GEQ & Alt-Az Mount connected to the Sky X and Eqmod via HitecAstro EQDIR adapter

Image Acquisition: Maxim DL 5

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight 1.8

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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M36, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

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