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NGC 2353     

NGC 2353 is a sparse open cluster within the Winter Milky Way stream in the constellation Monoceros. It contains around 100 stars and lies at a distance of around 3400 LY. The brightest member is HD 55879, a magnitude 6.02 class B blue-white supergiant. The bright yellow-orange star to the left of the cluster is HD 55832, a magnitude 5.9 class K giant located at a distance of 1918 LY (obviously not a physical member of the cluster). NGC 2353 has a visual diameter of 18 arc-min, but its sparseness makes it difficult to pick out from the richness of the background Milky Way.

Date(s) Acquired: 12 February 2016
Telescope: Orion 120mm EON Apochromatic Refractor
Camera: QSI Model 583

 

   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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