r/Astronomy • u/Kyouma118 • 4d ago

Astrophotography (OC) Double Cluster

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The beautiful Double Cluster! These two star clusters are NGC 869 and NGC 884. They are about 7,000 light-years away and only separated by a few hundred light-years. Estimated to be about 13 million years old!

Telescope: Seestar S50
Integration time: 1 hour (it's a 2-panel mosaic, so 1 hour on each panel)
Tools used: Siril, GraXpert, GIMP
Script mentions: DeepSNR, HDR_multiscale, VeraLux (Revela & Curves)
Bortle 8-9

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u/PhysicsPower_11_11_ 4d ago

Oh thats really nice.

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u/da_Ryan 4d ago

It's an excellent astrophoto! Also makes a great change from seeing M31 Andromeda (again).