Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  Double cluster  ·  NGC 884
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NGC 884 Part of the Double Cluster, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC 884 Part of the Double Cluster
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NGC 884 Part of the Double Cluster

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NGC 884 Part of the Double Cluster, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC 884 Part of the Double Cluster
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NGC 884 Part of the Double Cluster

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Description

This is Part of the Double Cluster imaged during the moon phase so not the best conditions. I may make this a mosaic and capture the other half to complete it. Processing wise I have not really done much just stretched it and a bit of noise reduction and that's it a nice easy one.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Red 25x300Secs

Green 34x300Secs

Blue 48x300Secs

8 hours 55 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Tec 140 F7

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 0.95

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik RGB

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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NGC 884 Part of the Double Cluster, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

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