All Images Copyright Rod Gallagher                                      Click on image to see full size

M39 -- Open Cluster

Object

Type

Open Cluster

Constellation

Perseus

Distance

1,010 light years

Magnitude

4.6

Size

29 arc-min

Image

Date

2012-09-10

Place

Okie-Tex Star Party

Exposure Data

RGB 45:45:55 mins @ -10C

R 9x5, G 9x5, B 11x5

Notes

All filters binned 1x1, Created pseudo Lum from RGB data

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N

Focal Length

530 mm @f/5.0

Mount

Takahashi NJP

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

CFW-10, AstroDon CRGB

Software

TheSky6, CCDSoft, CCDAutopilot4, CCDStack2+, PixInsight, PhotoShop CS6

Reprocessed on 06/20/2023