
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.
Object |
Open Cluster NGC 3766 |
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Catagory |
Open Clusters |
Designation |
NGC 3766 |
Constellation |
Centaurus |
Optics |
TMB 130 f/6 |
Camera |
QHY8/ALccd 6c |
Exposure |
10 x 60sec IDAS LPS filter, Maxim DL for Capturing |
Calibration |
No |
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Guiding |
Meade DSI Pro II and TMB 80 as Guide Scope. Maxim DL as Guiding Software |
Mount |
Astro-Physics 900 GTO |
Processing |
ImagesPlus, Photoshop |
Location, Date |
Somerset West, South Africa - 6 March 2008 |
Remark |