NGC 1342 is a very impressive open cluster in Perseus characterized with 50 to 100 stars and which are well detached from the background sky and without a concentrated core. With an apparent diameter of 15 arc-minutes across, the cluster is dominated by multiple magnitude 8, 9 and 10 stars lying predominantly in a horizontal lane. NGC 1342 lies at a distance of 1,170 light-years away and is estimated to be fairly young at only 450 million years-old
Date captured 03/12/2016
London
TAK 130 Telescope
Ioptron CEM60 Mount
QSI 690 CCD
L 5 x 120 sec
R 5 x 120 sec
G 5 x 120 sec
B 5 x 120 sec