Open Cluster M36
Open Cluster M36: This is a relatively young Open Cluster with an age of about 25 Mio years. Therefore even the heavy members of this group have not yet developed into Red Giants. As can be seen in the image there is no star with yellow colour. The cluster´s distance is 4100 LY with an extension of somewhat 14 LY.
The object in the lower right corner is the Open Cluster NGC 1931 surrounded by a small emission nebula.
Object |
Open Cluster M36 |
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Catagory |
Open Clusters |
Designation |
M 036 |
Constellation |
Auriga |
Optics |
Vixen R200SS 8 inch f/4.6 with Televue SBIG Paracorr |
Camera |
SBIG STL 11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
4x5 min (1x1 bin) each Astrodon True Balance RGB filterset, Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark + Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
Meade DSI Pro II and TMB 80 as Guide Scope, Maxim DL as guiding software |
Mount |
Takahashi EM-11 |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, Photoshop. Color Code RGB |
Location, Date |
Eningen, Germany - 27 Sep 2009 |
Remark |
