Observation by Peter Mulligan: NGC 1245

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Peter Mulligan

Observer

Peter Mulligan

Observed

2019 Feb 02 - 19:14

Uploaded

2019 Feb 03 - 16:15

Objects

NGC1245

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 03^h14^m
Dec: +47°12'
Position angle: +99°56'

Field size

0°50' × 0°31'

Equipment

Skywatcher 200p on EQ5
Canon 1100D

Exposure

31-50sec, 800ISO,

Location

Sheffield, UK

Target name

NGC 1245

Title

NGC 1245

About this image

This Galactic cluster in Perseus doesn't of course get as much attention as the double cluster. The distance to NGC 1245 is over nine thousand light years, The two bright stars to the North east are HD 20023, and HD 20077, both are foreground sources at 1169 and 1496 light years respectively

Files associated with this observation

NGC 1245.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Swan, David Basey, Dr Ollie Garrett, Graham Winstanley, Alan Thomas, Dr Paul Leyland, Andy Wilson, Andres Chapman, Peter Carson

Comments

David Swan, 2019 Feb 03 - 20:11 UTC

Nice one, Peter - I like this object too: a good visual as well as imaging target.

Peter Mulligan, 2019 Feb 03 - 21:05 UTC

Thanks David, you did very well with your image of Comet 2018 Y1 the tail being faintly visible

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