- Constellation: Cancer
- Right Ascension: 08h 40.4m
- Declination: 19° 59′
- Distance: 577 ly
Messier 44, or sometimes called the Beehive, is a open cluster located in the constellation of Cancer. At around 600 light years away, it is one of the closest open clusters to us along with the Pleiades and Hyades. M44 shares a common proper motion with the Hyades which suggests a common origin, and both have estimated age of around 600 million years. The cluster contains more than 1,000 stars with many of them being red dwarfs (68%).
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: EDT 80mm Reftactor
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color
- Constellation: Gemini
- Right Ascension: 07 27 12
- Declination: +13 36 30
- Distance: 1,600 ly
NGC 2395 A loose scattered open cluster located in Gemini about 1600 light years away.
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Cassiopeia
- Right Ascension: 02h 42m 43s
- Declination: +61° 38′ 00″
- Distance: 3,100 ly
NGC 1027, an open cluster located in Cassiopeia located 3,100 light years away, between the Heart and the Soul nebulae , but not associated with them (7,500ly distance), as is the bright star near the center (179ly distance).
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Cassiopeia
- Right Ascension: 01h 15m 58.0s
- Declination: +58° 48′ 42″
- Distance: 9,800 ly
NGC 436 is a small open cluster located in Cassiopeia, not far away from the more famous Owl or E.T. Cluster. Discovered by William Herschel in 1787.
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: GSO RC10
- Camera: ZWO A071 Color
- Constellation: Cassiopeia
- Right Ascension: 01h 08m 19.9s
- Declination: +61° 35′ 02″
- Distance: 3,000 ly
NGC 381 is an open cluster located in Cassiopeia, somewhat difficult to make out due the the large number of stars visible in this area of the sky. Its estimated age is around 300 million years.
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Cassiopeia
- Right Ascension: 01h 44m 00s
- Declination: +61° 53′ 06″
- Distance: 7,800 lly
NGC 654 is a open cluster located in Cassiopeia. A relative young cluster with around 80 members. A hint of a dust lane can be seen to the lower right of the cluster, and some of the outer members show a bit of reddening due to dust layers between us and the cluster.
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
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