NGC 7789

Posted by dcrowson
on Thursday, September 30, 2021
NGC 7789 (Caroline’s Rose Cluster, Melotte 245 and others) is a trumpler class II 2 r open cluster located approximately 6,700 light-years away in Cassiopeia. The cluster was discovered by Carline Herschel in 1783.

Luminance – 24x300s – binned 1x1 – 120 minutes
RGB – 8x180s – 24 minutes each – binned 2x2

182 minutes total exposure – 3 hours 2 minutes

Imaged September 28th and 29th, 2021 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/51538027379/sizes/l/

My wider, refractor image can be found here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/30137145136.
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