M48 is an open cluster discovered by Charles Messier in 1771. The cluster is located in constellation Hydra and it’s 1500 light-years far from the Earth. This cluster can be observed even by small binocular, but small telescope reveals more than 50 stars. During waiting for Sombrero galaxy I pointed my telescope just below bright star Procyon and collected some light coming from this cluster.
Telescope: | Newton 254/1000 mm |
Aperture: | 254 mm |
Focal length: | 1000 mm |
Mount | Gemini G53f |
Autoguiding | Orion Mini Autoguider |
Camera: | Moravian instruments G2 8300M @-40C |
Corrector: | GPU |
Filters: | Baader LRGB |
Exposure:8x | 53xL, 180 s, bin 1x1, 25xRGB 120 s, bin 2x2 |
Date: | 2017-03-29 |
[…] skies, therefore I can capture them during the evening, when there is still strong light pollution. My previous picture was taken by much longer focal length, therefore the cluster covered nearly whole field of view. […]