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NGC 869 and 884 - The Double Cluster in Perseus
Over 7500 light-years away, these twin open clusters each contain over 300 blue-white supergiant stars; they are about 13 million years old.

NGC 869 and 884 - The Double Cluster in Perseus

Over 7500 light-years away, these twin open clusters each contain over 300 blue-white supergiant stars; they are about 13 million years old.




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Filename:NGC869-LRGB-PS-201701221959.jpg
Album name:27telp / Star Clusters
Location and Date:Anza, California, September 20, 2014
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 refractor, QSI-583wsg CCD camera, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, Borg Mini-50 guidescope, Starlight Xpress Lodestar guiding camera
Settings:10 exposures of 300 seconds each in LRGB
Notes:Maxim DL version 5.12 used for autoguiding and image capture; image processing with CCDStack2 and Adobe Photoshop
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