Object: NGC457 - The Owl Cluster	Camera: Meade DSI-Pro II
Date: 9/23/2007	Telescope: Meade 80mm APO
Total Exposure: RGB:18'30'30'	Subexposures: 30" minutes each
Location: West Boylston, MA

Processing:

• Aligned/combined all files in AutostarSuite Image Processing software
• Imported resulting file to Photoshop 7 via FITS liberator
• Adjusted levels and Curves a bit
• Noel Carbonni's "Less Crunchy More Fuzzy action - to soften the stars a bit

Description:
NGC 457
Discovery unknown by me.

An open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, NGC457 is composed of relatively young stars (only about 10 million years old). It is located some 9300 light-years from Earth and is about 30 light-years across.