Astrophotography by Walt Davis

The double cluster consist of two open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869 that are close together in the Perseus constellation. This photo was taken with a Nikon D70 and 600mm f4 ED lens. By Walt Davis.

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Object Information

Name: Double Cluster (NGC 884 & NGC 869)
Type: Double Cluster
Description: The double cluster consist of two open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869 that are close together in the Perseus constellation. This photo was taken with a Nikon D70 and 600mm f4 ED lens.
Magnitude: 5.3
Size: 18 x 18 arcminutes
Related Photos: none

References:

Double Cluster
NGC 884
NGC 869
Perseus Constellation
Open Clusters
Google Images
Acquisition

Location:

Latitude 44.841N by Longitude -122.869W at an elevation of 87 meters.
Aumsville, Oregon USA

Date:

 October 23, 2008

Zone: -8 (Pacific Standard Time)
Equipment

Imager:

Nikon D70

OTA:

Nikkor 600mm f4 ED telephoto lens
Barlow: Nikon TC-301 2x Teleconverter doubling the focal length to 1200mm
Platform: 2X Super Modified Nikon Imaging Platform
Guiding: Phillips WebCam, Nikkor 300mm f2.8 ED lens, and PHD Guiding.
Imaging
Mode: Mode 2
White Balance: Sunlight

Color Space:

sRGB
Format: RAW (3008 x 2000)

Light frames:

4 x (10 Min @ ISO 1000)

Darks:

none

Flats:

none
Filters: Baader Moon & Sky Glow
Mask: none
f-stops: f8 with barlow
FOV: 68 x 44 arcminutes
Scale: 1.35 arcseconds per pixel
Software: Nikon Capture 4 Control
Image Processing

Stacking:

Deep Sky Stacker 3.2.1

Combined:

Average
Processing: PhotoShop CS3, Astronomy Tools CS2 V1.5, New Astro Zone System, Noiseware Professional Plugin.
Notes

none

Copyright © 2008 Walt L. Davis All Rights Reserved