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7 Open cluster 1 - NGC 457

7 Open cluster 1 - NGC 457

Date: Imaged 28 August 2019 (10:17 pm) br/Location: Halifax, NS br/Equipment: Orion 80mm f6 ED-triplet refractor/ ZWO ASI183MC CMOS camera with UV/IR cut and LP filters; prime focus, unguided; gain 320, 60 sec exposure/EQ6-R mount. br/Processing: 84 subs, 30 darks, and 30 flats were captured as RAW16/FITS images. All images were debayered with PIPP. Debayered images were saved as TIF images, which were then stacked using DeepSkyStacker without any other adjustments to the stacked image. Photoshop CS2 was used to adjust levels, curves (stretching data) and color balance/saturation. StarTools was used for noise reduction and gradient removal. Microsoft Photo was used to tweak clarity, contrast, highlights, shadows, and exposure of the final jpg image. br/Comments: This is my favorite open cluster and one that always show at outreach events. It is often called the ldquo;Owl Clusterrdquo; or ldquo;Dragonfly Clusterrdquo;. Located in Cassiopeia, NGC 457 is over 7,900 light years from Earth.
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