Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  M 103  ·  NGC 581
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M103/NGC581, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M103/NGC581
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M103/NGC581, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M103/NGC581
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Description

M103/NGC581 imaged during the moon phase so not the best conditions. Need to Capture some Luminance on this as there's quite a lot of dust in the background structure you can just about see it.

Messier 103 is an open cluster where a few thousand stars formed in the constellation Cassiopeia. This open cluster was discovered in 1781 by Charles Messier's friend and collaborator Pierre Méchain.

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

Red 34x300Secs

Green 42x300Secs

Blue 47x300Secs

10 hours 15 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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M103/NGC581, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

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