My first try of the nearest Star Cluster to earth, the Hyades, with my legacy lens Olympus OM MC 135mm.
Category: Open Cluster
NGC 2158 is a distant and densely packed open star cluster located in the constellation Gemini, approximately 16,500 light-years away from Earth, reaching its annual culmination at astronomical midnight end of december.
Messier 29 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan), approximately 13,050 light-years away. It reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight in late July.
NGC 6939 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Cepheus, about 3860 LJ away and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight end of July.
Caldwell 50, also known as NGC 2244, is an open star cluster located within the Rosette Nebula in the constellation Monoceros, approximately 5,219 light-years away from Earth, reaching its annual culmination at astronomical midnight at the end of December.
NGC 7243 is an open cluster located in the constellation Lacerta, approximately 2,800 light-years away from Earth. This stellar object reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight at the end of August.
Around August 25th to be more exact.
I found unused M45 data while organizing my astrophoto data. The Pleiades data is from 2021, the telescope already sold and the picture reprocessed after a single month due to a new plugin.
The Open Cluster Caldwell 16, NGC 7243 in the constellation Lacerta. The result of a short evening.
Open star clusters are always welcome targets when it is clear that the weather will not hold in the coming days, and only a limited amount of exposure time will be available.
The Fireworks Galaxy and the Open Cluster NGC6939. The result of 4 awesome evenings of integration time.