Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  7 Per)  ·  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884  ·  The star 10 Per  ·  The star Misam al Thurayya I (χ Per  ·  chi Persei Cluster  ·  h Persei Cluster
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Double Cluster NGC869 and NGC884, Andreas Preusker
Double Cluster NGC869 and NGC884
Powered byPixInsight

Double Cluster NGC869 and NGC884

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Double Cluster NGC869 and NGC884, Andreas Preusker
Double Cluster NGC869 and NGC884
Powered byPixInsight

Double Cluster NGC869 and NGC884

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

h+chi persei (double cluster NGC869 and NGC884)

After 4 weeks of clouds, heavy rain and the strongest strom surge of the last 100 years here in Flensburg/Germany (close to the danish border) there was a chance of up to 3 hours clear sky on tuesday, the 31th of october 2023, so i was lucky once more. Conditions were bad, but that's the fate of any astrophotographer.

Double open star cluster, approx. 7.500 LJ away in the constellation perseus. The clusters are separated by only a few hundert LJ and their age is estimated to be 6-13 million years. More than 300 blue and red supergiants were counted within the clusters, both objects are heading towards the solar system.
  • 31.10.2023
  • 20 x 300s - (1h 40m)
  • SW Quattro 150P, Correktor/Reducer, 517mm (f/3.45) auf HEQ5 Pro
  • Canon EOS 600Da, SV UV/IR Cut Filter
  • N.I.N.A und PixInsight

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Double Cluster NGC869 and NGC884, Andreas Preusker

In these public groups

N.I.N.A. Users