astro: m37

Another quick post from "Mole Hill Observatory"
A single 120 second image from last night. Same setup as the ngc1977
post. Dark frame subtracted levels adjusted. resized for posting.

Type of object: Open cluster
RA (J2000.0): 05h 52m 18.0s
Dec (J2000.0): +32° 33' 00"
Constellation: Auriga
Magnitude: 5.6
Surface brightness: 11.0
Size: 24.0'
Number of stars: 150
Magnitude of brightest star: 9.2
Object classification: II 1 r
Description: !!Cl,Ri,pCM,st L & S
Notes: Total population 500*;dark area near center

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John N. Gretchen III
N5JNG NCS304
http://www.tisd.net/~jng3

John N. Gretchen III wrote:

Another quick post from "Mole Hill Observatory"
A single 120 second image from last night. Same setup as the ngc1977
post. Dark frame subtracted levels adjusted. resized for posting.

Type of object: Open cluster
RA (J2000.0): 05h 52m 18.0s
Dec (J2000.0): +32° 33' 00"
Constellation: Auriga
Magnitude: 5.6
Surface brightness: 11.0
Size: 24.0'
Number of stars: 150
Magnitude of brightest star: 9.2
Object classification: II 1 r
Description: !!Cl,Ri,pCM,st L & S
Notes: Total population 500*;dark area near center


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Looks great for only 2 minutes of data!

You may want to check your JPG compression setting. The file size was
large for the size of the image.

Rick

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Correct domain name is arvig and it is net not com. Prefix is correct.
Third character is a zero rather than a capital "Oh".