NGC 1245 (Melotte 18) is a Trumpler class III 1 r open cluster located approximately 9,800 light-years away in Perseus.
Luminance – 12x300s – binned 1x1 – 60 minutes
RGB – 8x180s – 24 minutes each – binned 2x2
132 minutes total exposure – 2 hours 12 minutes
Imaged December 13th, 2018 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.
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