NGC869 and NGC884 - the Double Cluster

  
 
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  • RA: 2:21
  • Dec: 57:15
  • Magnitude: 5.8
  • Size:  14'
  • Distance: 6000 ly
  • Constellation:  Perseus

 
  • Scope: 8" SCT at f/6.3
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  clear with good transparency
  • Film: Kodak Royal Gold 400
  • Exposure:  25 minutes
  • Date:  September 27, 2001

 

 

    
 
Comments:  I got really lucky on the framing for this.  I could barely get my head in position to allow any seeing through the camera.  I was watching clouds in the east from a low pressure that decided to wobble back over northeast Illinois.  About 20 minutes after finishing this exposure the clouds quickly moved in to completely cover the site.