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Messier 3

Monday , 12, May 2014 JB Clusters Leave a comment

Exposure: L 10×180 Bin 1, RGB 10×90 Bin2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 33,900 Light Years                                               Magnitude: 6.2                     […]

A Cluster of Clusters

Monday , 24, March 2014 JB Clusters 4 Comments

Most of the winter nebula are now out of reach from my house. I would have moved on to some galaxies but my longer focal length scope is on the shelf waiting for an adapter. I wasn’t too excited about going after open clusters but I am happy I did as I found some of […]

M34 Open Cluster

Saturday , 7, December 2013 JB Clusters Leave a comment

For a full size image click here. Exposures: LRGB 9 x 180 Bin1 Telescope: Televue NP101 + .8 Reducer Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 1,400 Light Years                                             Magnitude: 5.5                                                                     Size:  35 Arc-minutes                                                        Age: Approx. 180 Million Years                                      Messier 34 is an open star cluster in the constellation of Perseus. It is […]