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Object: Double Cluster- Constellation Perseus

Distance: 7460 and 7640 light years

Date Imaged: Jan 8, 2022 through Feb 8, 2022

Date Image Completed Processing: December 2024

Software Used: Pixinsight, Photoshop 2024

Telescope: Takahashi 102S Refractor Telescope with Takahashi Field Flattener (1.01x)

Effective Focal Length: 800mm

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Optec Pyxis 2 inch Rotator

Camera: SBIG STT 8300 (mono) CCD Camera operating with Sensor at -30 deg C

Guiding: Built-in Guide Camera

Filters: STT 8 position Filter Wheel with Astrodon 36 mm LRGBHaO3S2 Filters

Resolution: 1.39 arcsec/pixel (bin 1x1)

Exposures: 19.7 hours total duration

26 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 2x2

31 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 2x2

30 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 2x2

31 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 2x2

 

 

 

 

 

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