The galactic cluster NGC 609 in Cassiopia

Posted by clusterman
on Wednesday, March 13, 2013

NGC 609 is one of the many small galactic star clusters located in the Milky Way in Cassiopia.

It shines at magnitude 11.0, is 4 arc minutes in diameter and contains over 100 stars.

Stack of 10 300 sec exposure raw subs taken on 8/23/2012 with a 6 inch Astro Tech RC and a Nikon D3000 DSLR.

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