An Open Cluster in Cassiopeia

Posted by Steve Pastor
on Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Messier 52 is an open cluster located in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is estimated to have 130 cluster stars and 30 field stars down to 14th magnitude. Image is a total of 5 hrs exposure through a 12.5” RCOS f/9 at f/6 (Astro-Physics TCC67) with a SBIG STF8300m CCD camera mounted on a Paramount ME on the nights of 22, 25, 31 Oct 2019 in Mayhill, NM (5 x 1200 seconds in RGB, respectively @ -15 degrees C; 24 darks; 128 bias; 128 flats in RGB, respectively). Processed in PixInsight 1.8.8-6 Ripley (x64).
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