Observation by Graeme Coates: M48

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Graeme Coates

Observer

Graeme Coates

Observed

2023 Jan 01 - 00:00

Uploaded

2023 Mar 23 - 10:48

Objects

M48

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Constellation

Hydra

Field centre

RA: 08^h13^m
Dec: -05°48'
Position angle: +85°02'

Field size

2°31' × 1°54'

Equipment

Esprit ED80
MI-250
STF-8300M
Baader Filters

Exposure

L:R:G:B = 10h50:3h20:3h20:3h20

Location

EEYE

Target name

M48

Title

M48

About this image

Messier 48 is an open cluster in Hydra - discovery credit goes to Caroline Herschel (Messier's catalogue listed no open cluster at the coordinates he gave; he had the same RA, but was 5 degrees off in Dec).

This otherwise appears as a remarkably barren area of sky - there are a smattering of PGC catalogue galaxies through the field, but most are faint, and the majority very small. On DSS plates, there appears to be some IFN to the south (left on image) of the cluster, but it is only just obvious with an extreme stretch, and then near brighter stars so not immediately obvious! (There is more further south that's perhaps more apparent, but off frame).

Taken from EEYE.
Acquisition: Graeme Coates, Paul Tribe
Processing: Graeme Coates

Files associated with this observation

M48_LRGB_BAA.jpg (1.6 MB)

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