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 image was taken at the observatory of IAS at Hakos Farm in Namibia.
Object |
Open Cluster M36 |
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Catagory |
IAS Hakos, Namibia |
Designation |
M 036 |
Constellation |
Auriga |
Optics |
Keller 20 inch Cassegrain f/3 in corrected primary focus |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
3 x 2min each RGB, Baader filterset. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark + Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
StarlightXpress Lodestar on Schneider OAG, Maxim DL as Guiding Software |
Mount |
Liebscher GEM |
Processing |
MaxIm DL5, CCDStack, Photoshop. Color Code RGB |
Location, Date |
IAS-Hakos, Namibia - 3 Dec 2013 |
Remark |
