- Constellation: Cassiopeia
- Right Ascension: 23h 57m 24s
- Declination: +56° 42′ 30″
- Distance: 7,600 ly
NGC 7789 is an open cluster located in Cassiopeia. Often call Caroline's Rose or the White Rose, it was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783. It's estimated age is around 1.6 billion years.
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- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Cygnus
- Right Ascension: 19h 41m 18s
- Declination: +40° 11′ 00″
- Distance: 7,000 ly
GC 6819 an open cluster located in Cygnus. Its estimated age is around 2.5 billion years.
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- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Vulpecula
- Right Ascension: 20h 34m 26s
- Declination: +28° 17′ 00″
- Distance: 2,500 ly
NGC6940 is an open cluster located in Vulpecula. Some what difficult to see the cluster against the rich background of stars, the actual cluster contains several hundred members. Estimated age is 700+ million years and at distance of 2,500 light years.
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Cepheus
- Right Ascension: 00h 48m 26s
- Declination: +85° 15.3′
- Distance: 5,400 ly
Open cluster located in the constellation of Cepheus. Estimated age of 6+ billion years, most open clusters drift apart after only a few million years. It lies above the plane of the Milky Way, and located further out than our Sun which may account for its longevity.
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 1600 MM
- Constellation: Puppis
- Right Ascension: 07h 37m
- Declination: -13°52'
- Distance: 2497 ly
Open Cluster NGC2423 located in Puppis located about 2,500 light years away. At least one exo-planet has been confirmed orbiting a the red giant star NGC2423-3 with a mass of 10 times of Jupiter.
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- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: Atik 314l+
- Constellation: Puppis
- Right Ascension: 08h 10m 37s
- Declination: −12° 49′ 06″
- Distance: 4,400 ly
NGC 2539, an open cluster in Puppis. Estimated age of the cluster is 370 million years and contains several hundred possible members. The cluster lies about 4,400 light years away, the brighter star is 19 Puppis a multiple star system with six reported components The primary being a 4.7 magnitude yellow giant, and is a foreground star at 177 light years.
- Details
- Category: Open Clusters
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: Atik 314l+