David's Astronomy Pages (Stellar & Deep Sky) Star Clusters

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This page summarises observations and images of star clusters.

	Open Clusters
	Globular Clusters
	For a listing of all Asteroid Images see Image Database - Star Clusters

Open Clusters

Open clusters are collections of stars, the best known of which is M45 or the Pleiades.

M45, Pleiades (Taurus)
Photo (1999)		CCD Mosaic (2003)
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)

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)
Photo (1999)		CCD Mosaic (2003)
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

CCD Image of M67
2002-04-08

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Globular Clusters

Being compact and relatively bright,  globular clusters make good telescope subjects.  

M13 Globular cluster (Hercules)
Hand-Drawing (1999)		CCD Colour Image (2005)
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)
M92 Globular cluster (Hercules)
Hand-Drawing (1999)		CCD Colour Image (2005)
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)

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)
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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