Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884  ·  The star 7Per  ·  chi Persei Cluster  ·  h Persei Cluster
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Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869, 884), Andrew Gutierrez
Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869, 884)
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Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869, 884)

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Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869, 884), Andrew Gutierrez
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Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869, 884)

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RGB:  60x30s each
(gain 0, unguided)

With only fair transparency/seeing, moon present, and Bortle 9 skies, how to take advantage of a cloudless night?  Answer: star clusters!

My modest goal here was tight stars and good color -- nothing dramatic.  In the full field of view, the stars just look like pin pricks and tend to disappear into the background.  The inset is a 600% zoom of the center of the right cluster and helps show some of the detail within.

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Double Cluster in Perseus (NGC 869, 884), Andrew Gutierrez

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