Observation by Alan Thomas: NGC7789 open cluster in Cassiopeia

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2021 Sep 27 - 20:52

Uploaded

2021 Sep 28 - 08:22

Objects

The Caroline's Rose (NGC7789)

Equipment

Unistellar eQuinox 112mm reflector

Exposure

10min

Location

Norbreck Observatory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK

Target name

NGC7789 Caroline's or the White Rose Cluster

Title

NGC7789 open cluster in Cassiopeia

About this image

Visually an extremely rich open cluster. Discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. Distance c.8,000ly. Age c.1.6billion years, one of the oldest open clusters known.

Files associated with this observation

eVscope-20210927-205210 (2).jpg (1.6 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, Geof Lewis, David Basey, Peter Mulligan

Comments

Peter Mulligan, 2021 Sep 30 - 12:12 UTC

One of my favourites Alan

Peter

Alan Thomas

Alan Thomas, 2021 Oct 15 - 07:00 UTC

Yes, it's a beauty isn't it?

Alan

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