NGC 869 & NGC 884
Double Cluster in Perseus

Other names:
Optics: Deep Sky Instruments RC10C Ritchey-Chrétien at f/7.3 — photo of setup
Mount: Astro-Physics 900 GTO on ATS portable pier
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II [ unmodified ]
Exposure: 60 minutes [ 30 x 2 minutes ] at ISO 1600
Accessories: Autoguided with Orion StarShoot Autoguider and Canon 200mm lens with 2x telextender
Location: Julian, CA [ Julian Starfest ]
Date August 7, 2010
Notes: Processing: Image acquisition with Canon EOS Utility. Image calibration, align, and combine in ImagesPlus 3.75. Levels, curves, noise smoothing (Noel Carboni's PS Tools), crop, and resize in Photoshop.

No darks. No flats. Ambient temperature was about 50°F during the imaging session.

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