Open Cluster NGC 3766
Open Cluster NGC 3766: Another highlight of the Centaurus Milky Way is this pearls-like Open Cluster, which is therefore sometimes called Pearl Cluster.It is not far from the Running Chicken Nebula and has a distance of 5500 LY.
The image was taken at the IAS astronomical site at the Hakos farm in Namibia.
Object |
Open Cluster NGC 3766 |
|---|---|
Catagory |
IAS Hakos, Namibia |
Designation |
NGC 3766 |
Constellation |
Centaurus |
Optics |
Keller 20 inch Cassegrain f/9 in corrected secondary focus |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
2 x 5min each Baader RGB filterset. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark Frame |
|---|---|
Guiding |
Selfguiding |
Mount |
Liebscher GEM |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, CCDStack, Photoshop. Color Code R,G,B |
Location, Date |
IAS-Hakos, Namibia - 15 Apr 2010 |
Remark |
Seeing and transperancy were deteriorated during the exposure |
