Messier 37 just became my favorite open cluster of stars. Stare at it for a few minutes and patterns will start to emerge outside of the dense area of stars in the center. Some famous astronomers have remarked:
"...wonderful loops and curved star patterns."
--Heinrich d'Arrest
"The whole field being strewed as it were with sparkling gold dust..."
--Charles Piazzi Smyth
What we are seeing is a beautiful collection of about 2,000 stars in this open cluster which lies at least 4,500 light years away from us.
Photo Details
February 27, 2016
Orion 8" Astrograph on VX Mount
SBIG STF-8300C Camera
Baader MPC Mark III Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector
Skyglow filter
17 subframes at 3 minutes/frame
Total Exposure Time = 51 minutes
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop
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