The Double Cluster (NGC 884 and 869)
Published 25 Jan 2021
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About this object
This image of the Double Cluster (NGC 884 and 869) was taken in Nov 2018. Somehow it got lost on my hard drive and I just found it. The Double Cluster is a naked eye object in the constellation Perseus. The image was taken with a Stellarvue SV70T refractor and QSI 583 camera. It combines 3hrs and 50min of exposures through RGB filters.
This image of the Double Cluster (NGC 884 and 869) was taken in Nov 2018. Somehow it got lost on my hard drive and I just found it. The Double Cluster is a naked eye object in the constellation Perseus. The image was taken with a Stellarvue SV70T refractor and QSI 583 camera. It combines 3hrs and 50min of exposures through RGB filters.
Image Details
- Optics : Stellarvue SV70T 384mm FL
- Mount: Paramount MYT
- Camera: QSI 583
- Filters: Astrodon RGB
- Exposure (min): RGB 80:80:70 bin 1x1 3hrs 50min
- Camera/Mount Control: The Sky X, CCD Autopilot
- Guiding: unguided
- Processing: PixInsight 1.8, PS CC21
- Location: Stark Bayou Observatory, Ocean Springs, MS
- Sky: Typical SQM 19.6-20.1, Bortle 5, Suburban
- Date: 25 Nov 2018
