Collinder 339 (CoatHanger)

[ChrisLX200]

Imaged this tonight, a nice asterism/cluster Collinder 339 otherwise widely known as the CoatHanger. I don't often image clusters, in fact I spend more time trying to make stars disappear into the background of my nebula images :-) Still, just for a change I tried my hand at this.

Scope: TV NP127is
CCD: Moravian G4-16000
Mount: 10-Micron GM2000HPS
Filters: Baader RGB
Data: 5 x 300s each R, G and B

ChrisH

Oh, and while capturing this data I got photo-bombed by the ISS... :-)

View from the Finder Cam - a near miss:

 

[laudropb]

Lovely images.

[ollypenrice]

Very good. It's a great cluster and the rich MW background comes as a real bonus.

Olly

[ChrisLX200]

Thanks Olly!

ChrisH