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Open Clusters This page summarises observations and images of star clusters. For a listing of all Asteroid Images see Image Database - Star Clusters
Globular Clusters
Open clusters are collections of stars, the best known of which is M45 or the Pleiades.
| M45, Pleiades (Taurus) | ||
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Photo,
300mm, f/5.6, Fujicolor 200, 7 1/2 minutes exposure (Image enhanced & cropped) 1999-Dec-06 |
Mosaic 8x9 CCD frames, 10 sec exposures 76 x 55 arc mins (1.25 x 0.92 arc deg) 2003-01-04 21:10 to 21:48h UT (#37250-321) |
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One of one favorites is NGC 6709 in Aquila, with a number of straight chains apparent.
NGC 6709
1998-Oct-23
F10/8" LX200, 26mm
x77, 41' FOV
Inverted from original sketch.
| Perseus Double Cluster (NGC 884 & 869) | ||
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Photo, 1999-Dec-06 300mm, f/5.6, Fujicolor 200, 11mins exposure (Image enhanced & cropped) |
Mosaic 7x6 CCD frames, 20 sec exposures taken on 2003-01-04 23:03 to 23:32h UT (#37454-95) 69 x 34 arc mins |
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CCD Image of M67
2002-04-08
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Being compact and relatively bright, globular clusters make good telescope subjects.
| M13 Globular cluster (Hercules) | ||
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| Inverted from Original Sketches, F10/8" LX200 26mm, x77, 41' FOV 1999-08-28 |
Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 3x30s (average) with x1.8
weighting Green 3x30s (average), Red 3x30s (average) 2005-06-06 23:19 h UT (#88004-15) |
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| M92 Globular cluster (Hercules) | ||
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Inverted from Original Sketches, F10/8" LX200 26mm, x77, 41' FOV 1999-08-28 |
CCD Colour Image (LRGB) Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 3x30s (average) with x1.15 weighting Green 3x20s (average), Red 3x20s (average) 2005-06-06 23:38 h UT (#88023-34) |
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CCD Image of NGC 5466 (2002-04-08) |
CCD Image of M3 (2002-04-16) |
CCD Image of M13 (2002-09-01) |
| M5 (Serpens Caput) | ||
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CCD Colour Image (LRGB) Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 5x30s (average) with x1.8 weighting Green 3x30s (average), Red 3x30s (average) 2005-06-10 00:46 h UT (#89034-47) |
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| Last Updated : | 2006-01-07 |
| Site Owner : | David Richards |
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