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Michael Terhune
Lunenburg MA, USA
09/12/2020
10:15 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon Camera on tripod, no star tracker.

Post-processing Details:

60 lights and 10 dark's were taken, stacked in deep sky stacker and processed in Photoshop.

Image Details:

This image contains the famous double cluster in the constellation of Perseus. Its catalog numbers are NGC 869 and NGC 884 which are both open clusters, approximately 7,502 light years from earth. And visually through an eyepiece they look spectacular.

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