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NGC 7243      

NGC 7243 is a sparse open cluster located in the constellation Lacerta. It contains around 40 member stars and is located at a distance of around 2800 LY. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.4 and a visual diameter of around 30 arc-min. Most of the member stars are blue-white giants, indicating that the age of the cluster is around 100 million years.

Date(s) Acquired: 5 October 2016
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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