Object: NGC2169	Camera: Meade DSI Pro II
Date: 12/3/2008	Location: West Boylston, MA
Total Exposure: RGB - 10':15':15'	Subexposures: 1 minute each
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G	Guiding: PHD - Orion StarShoot Auto Guider
Telescope: Meade 80mm ED refractor	Guide Scope: Orion Short Tube 80

Processing:

Nebulosity:
Flat frame calibration

Each color channel Aligned and Combined

Each of those sets aligned with each other

Photoshop:

Each channel imported using Fits Liberator plug-in

Curves and Levels adjusted to each channel

Red, Green and Blue channels RGB merged

More curves and levels adjustments to taste

Description:
NGC2169 - AKA The 37 Cluster

NGC 2169 is a nice open cluster in Camelopardalis. It takes only a little imagination to see the "37" in the center of this image.