Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  NGC 225
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NGC225 and vdB4 Sailboat cluster, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
NGC225 and vdB4 Sailboat cluster
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NGC225 and vdB4 Sailboat cluster

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NGC225 and vdB4 Sailboat cluster, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
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NGC225 and vdB4 Sailboat cluster

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NGC225 and vdB4 Sailboat cluster captured in LRGB. Taken from PixelSkies, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

VdB 4 is a reflection nebula associated with the very young open Star Cluster NGC 225 which called the Sailboat Cluster. NGC 225 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is located roughly 2100 light-years from Earth.

Lum 73x600Secs

Red 15x600Secs

Green 12x600Secs

Blue 23x600Secs

20.5 hours 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 LRGB

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

Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

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NGC225 and vdB4 Sailboat cluster, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)