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M 36 (NGC 1960)   

M 36 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It lies in the winter Milky Way close to two other notable open clusters, M 37 and M 38. All three of these clusters were discovered in 1654 by Giovanni Batista Hodierna, a Catholic prient living in Sicily. M 36 is around 4300 LY away and contains 178 known stars. At 25 million years, M 36 is a very young open cluster, about the same age as the Pleiades.

Date(s) Acquired: 11 April 2015
Telescope: Orion 120mm EON Apochromatic Refractor
Camera: QSI Model 583 with Optec NextGEN Ultra Widefield 0.7X Telecompressor

 

   Exposure Time (min) 
   Number of Exposures
   RGB
   1.5
   Hα
   -
   Hβ
   -
   OIII
   -
   RGB
   9
   Hα
   0
   Hβ
   0
   OIII
   0

 

Processing:
Master red, green, and blue images created using Basic Processing Procedure I.
Color composite image created using Basic Processing Procedure III.
Color composite image contrast-stretched using Adobe Photoshop.




 

 

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