NGC 457

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the Owl Cluster in Cassiopeia


About this Object

"Of the dozens of open clusters in Cassiopeia, none inspires as many visual flights of fancy as NGC 457...." From Stephen James O'Meara's book "The Caldwell Objects"

More informations are available at the seds.org website


Technical Data

Optics

130 mm f/6.4 Astro-Physics EDF Refractor

Mount

Astro-Physics AP 900GTO.

Camera SBIG ST-10XE.
Filters SBIG CFW8A.With Astrodon LRGB Ha filters
Focuser Robofocus focuser and Focusmax software
Dates October 2006.
Location Lentin Observatory
Exposure LRGB = L:90mn,bin1; R:60,G:60,B:72 minutes.bin2. Scale 1.69^s/pixel
Acquisition Image data acquired remotely using ACP4 Observatory control software., MaxIm DL 4
Processing MaxIm DL 4, Photoshop CS2, Registar,


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