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NGC 1342      

NGC 1342 is compact, attractive open cluster in the constellation Perseus. It contains around 40 member stars and has a visual diameter of around 17 arc-min. It lies at a distance of 1794 LY. With a visual magnitude of 7.2, it is not generally visible to the naked eye, although it is a good target for binoculars or a small telescope. The brighter members of the cluster are a mixture of blue-white and yellow stars with magnitudes around 8.

Date(s) Acquired: 1 December 2016
stars
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
   16
   Hα
   0
   Hβ
   0
   OIII
   0

 

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




 

 

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