Observation by Miguel Araújo: Double Cluster and a tree

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Miguel Araújo

Observer

Miguel Araújo

Observed

2020 Aug 14 - 23:08

Uploaded

2020 Aug 16 - 16:47

Objects

NGC884
NGC869
Widefield

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 03^h17^m
Dec: +46°42'
Position angle: -55°06'

Field size

49° × 33°

Equipment

Canon EOS 1200D, 24 mm lens @ f/2.8
ISO 6400

Exposure

25 seconds

Location

Lake Alqueva Observatory, Monsaraz, Portugal

Target name

Double cluster

Title

Double Cluster and a tree

About this image

The double cluster and northern Milky Way. Below it, almost touching the tree, the star grouping Mellote 20. To the far right, the galaxy M33 is visible as a faint smudge and about the same height as the double cluster. The star Capella is hanging from a tree branch like a fruit.

Files associated with this observation

DoubleCluster_M33.jpg (1.4 MB)

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David Basey, Jeremy Shears, Graham Winstanley, Mr John William Hughes, Geof Lewis

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