Astrophotos

Location: Mount Pinos, CA
Date: October 5, 2002
Subject: NGC 884 and 869, The Double Cluster
Exposure: 2, 40 min. shots combined and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop
Telescope: Megrez 80mm rafractor at f/5
Mount: Losmandy GM-8
Guiding: Autoguided with and St-4
Film: Kodak Royal 400
Comments: The Double Cluster in Perseus is among the most popular objects to both observe visually and photograph. NGC 884 is on the right and NGC 869 is on the left. Both are very rich clusters, with 869 being slightly more dense, and are located in a fairly dense region of the Milky Way.