by Robert Zaballa
The Perseus double cluster (NGC 884 and 869) shines in this image taken in light polluted skies in Acworth, GA on October 23, 2011 at 4:00 UT. This 1 minute exposure was taken through an Orion 80 mm Short Tube refractor at f/5 with a Pentax D110 DSLR camera and an Orion astrophotography light pollution filter. The image was then processed using Gimp 2.6.