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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
11/30/2023
07:22 pm

Equipment Details:

RedCat 51 astrograph with ASI183MC camera and L-Pro filter, 30mm guide scope with ASI290MM camera, EQ6R Pro mount.

Post-processing Details:

24 guided 10-minute exposures plus calibration frames were collected using SharpCap and stacked with DeepSkyStacker, additional post-processing with GraXpert, Siril, Photoshop, StarNet++, and MS Photo.

Image Details:

Open star clusters NGC1528 and NGC1545 are sometimes referred to as the M&M Double Cluster. NGC 1545 is also called the Running Man Cluster. Both of these colorful open star clusters are located in the constellation Perseus.