NGC 457 Open Star Cluster (Owl/Dragonfly/ET) with NGC 436 (Mark Germani)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: 34 Cas · 34 phi Cas · HD236697 · HD7284 · HD7636 · HD7733 · HD7860 · HD7902 · HD8159 · HD8272 · NGC 436 · NGC 457 · Owl Cluster · The star φ Cas

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NGC 457 Open Star Cluster (Owl/Dragonfly/ET) with NGC 436

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NGC 457 Open Star Cluster (Owl/Dragonfly/ET) with NGC 436

End or an era! Or a camera, at least. This was the final target I imaged with my DSLR before upgrading to the ASI533MC-Pro. As I post this, I have several other images from the DSLR that are in the queue to process; open clusters are quick processes so I wanted to pop this online. I'd been experimenting with 30s exposures to see if I could get sharper stars, and it seems to have worked alright.

This open cluster is known by a myriad of fanciful names. and while Owl or Dragonfly sound more dignified, I can definitely see the resemblence to ET.

After three years of service, the 600D now moves on join my recently-retired Skyguider Pro and will eventually be part of a more portable setup for ultra-wide imaging.

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Canadian Astrophotography
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William Optics Zenithstar 61

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RA (center)	01h19m41s.80
RA (top/left)	01h25m25s.38
RA (top/right)	01h23m58s.94
RA (bottom/right)	01h13m39s.89
RA (bottom/left)	01h15m40s.60

Dec (center)	+58°15′24″.7
Dec (top/left)	+57°20′06″.7
Dec (top/right)	+59°18′58″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°09′38″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+57°11′19″.8

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