Stars resized for equality and color saturation adjusted in Adobe PhotoShop 7.0.
Diffraction spikes added with Noel Carboni's Astronomy Actions for Photoshop.
Description:
I couldn't find any reliable description for this cluster online, so I'll just do my best here.
This a 9.3 magnitude open cluster located in Cepheus. In the eye piece it's not really anything to see from my light polluted location. But when
I put a 135mm lens on my DSI-Pro lots and lots of stars pop right out. If you look closely at this image you'll see a few dark splotches of
darkness that should be taken care of with more exposure time. The glow in the lower right corner appears to be amp glow from the camera and I should
be able to correct that with better dark frame practices or maybe it needs more time as well. Another thing you might see is the trail of an
airplane that crossed the path of the camera. I could remove it by just not using the frames that contain it, but I tend to take things as they
come and the man made interloper says a lot about us, I think.
