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The Double Cluster is the common name for the naked-eye (OK you will need Binoculars in light polluted areas such as Crayford) open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869, which are close together in the constellation Perseus. NGC 884 and NGC 869 are at distances of 7600 and 6800 light-years away, respectively, so they are close to one another in space as well.
They are relatively young clusters, with NGC 869 5.6 million years and NGC 884 at 3.2 million years according to the 2000 Sky Catalogue. In comparison, the Pleiades have an estimated age ranging from 75 million years to 150 million years.
They are also blue-shifted, with NGC 869 approaching Earth at a speed of 22 km/s and NGC 884 approaching at a similar speed of 21 km/s. Their hottest main sequence stars are of spectral type B0.
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Imaged by: Julian Tworek
Method: AstroTrac Canon 100-400 lens @ 200mm ISO800, 9 x 120s self modified Canon 20D DSLR
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Image of the Double Cluster taken from Kelling Heath with a Canon 600D, Modified with the Full Spectrum Mod and a Clip-in CLSCCD filter
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Image by Simon Dawes taken on 2010-09-13
Taken at Kelling heath using a Williams Optics ED80 and Canon 650D on a vixen GPDX mount (unguided)
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Images by Neil Webster
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Image by Neil Webster - No Details Provided
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This image shows, Aldebaran also known as "the eye of Taurus" to the far left of the 12% lit waxing crescent Moon with the Hyades to the lower left, and M45 also known as The Pleiades/ Seven Sisters in the lower right of the image, Fortunately I had a reasonably clear sky with some cloud, as well as a vantage point that enabled me to see the Pleiades as they are currently quite low in the WNW part of the sky, I was also able to capture some earthshine. Canon 750D, ISO 800, f5.6, @ 2 sec Sigma 18 - 250mm lens @ 75mm Static tripod Taken at 22.30Hrs 15.04.21 Jpeg from RAW file Diane Clarke Belvedere[/caption]
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Image by Neil Webster No details provided[/caption]
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Image by Simon Dawes EQ6 Pro, MN190mm, ZWO ASI1600, 500x 0.5s exposures. THIS IMAGE IS DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION - SIMON IS THE JUDGE![/caption]
Here is a photo of Trapezium cluster I took a few weeks ago with my iPhone through my 102mm Maksutov scope. I think the magnification is about 100X. Don’t know ISO because it was taken with phone camera. You can see five stars. I plan to take out my bigger scope and try again. “Cheers”[/caption]