Observation by Graham Winstanley: ASCC 15

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Graham Winstanley

Observer

Graham Winstanley

Observed

2021 Dec 01 - 20:22

Uploaded

2021 Dec 03 - 11:09

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 05^h22^m
Dec: +36°32'
Position angle: -163°32'

Field size

0°37' × 0°27'

Equipment

Altair Astro 115mm triplet
NEQ6
SXV H9C

Exposure

19 x 180s

Location

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Target name

ASCC 15 in Auriga

Title

ASCC 15

About this image

A recently discovered open cluster, one of Callum Potter's objects of interest for December. The image is centred on the coordinates quoted in Callum's newsletter, but it is not clear which stars could be members of the cluster. My guess would be to the top-right of the image. Astrometry.net only identified the brightest star as HD34922.

Files associated with this observation

ASCC 15.jpg (710.0 kB)

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Alan Thomas, Richard Sargent, Patrick Maloney, Jeremy Shears, Nik Szymanek, Peter Mulligan, Callum Potter, Ron Johnson, Peter Carson

Comments

Patrick Maloney, 2021 Dec 03 - 19:15 UTC

I agree with your appraisal of where ASCC 15 lies. I have looked at the DSS for the area. I would place the centre of the object at RA 05h 22m 42s Dec +36 25, 11 or 12' from the coordinates given in the OVOC catalogue. The little 'stick-man' asterism just south of this has HD 281027 as its head. See my album for the DSS of the area.

Graham Winstanley

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