The first photo with a full-frame sensor on my VIXEN VC200L. The Double Cluster Caldwell 14.
Category: Open Cluster
On the second consecutive clear night, the star cluster M34 was my companion until my main object of the week rose high enough above the horizon.
After months without clear skies, finally some fresh starry material. My first image with the #Vixen #VISAC #VC200L in a long time.
Astrophoto with legacy lens. One year after collecting the data the processing finally worked. This material was one of the hardest to process, yet.
The Hyades is the nearest open star cluster to our Solar System, located in the constellation Taurus, approximately 153 light-years away from Earth, reaching its annual culmination at astronomical midnight at the end of November.
My first try of the nearest Star Cluster to earth, the Hyades, with my legacy lens Olympus OM MC 135mm.
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 a compact open star cluster located within the constellation Cygnus, approximately 4,000–5,200 light-years from Earth, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in late July.
NGC 6939 is an open star cluster located in the constellation Cepheus, roughly 3,860 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed around end of July from the northern hemisphere.
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.