| Object : | M 37 |
| Coordinates/Direction : | RA: 05h52m, DEC: +32o33' |
| Object size : | 24' |
| Object magnitude : | 6.2 |
| More to know : |
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Messier 37 |
| Date : | 2023-10-07 |
| Time (UT) : | 21:48 - 23:12 |
| Mount : | SkyWatcher HEQ5 controlled by Astroberry |
| Guide : | Ekos internal guider in dithering mode, QHY5 camera with 200 mm f/3.5 lens |
| Lens/telescope : | Pentax 645 300 mm ED f/4 (medium format lens) |
| Corrector/Barlow : | - |
| Field (FOV) : | 6.8x4.5 degree, before cropping |
| Filter : | none |
| camera : | Canon 6D, controlled by Astroberry software |
| Film/CCD : | Raw |
| Exp. time : | 60x60 seconds, iso1600 |
| Image process tool : | Siril, Gimp, Irfanview |
| Processing : | cal bias, flat, photometric color calibration |
| Weather : | Clear sky |
| Site : | Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra, Bortle class 9 |
| Comment : |
The open cluster M37 with Milky way in the background. Discovered 1654 by an Italian astronomer.
About the angle size of the Moon, 0.5 degree, and at a distance of 4500 ly.
Of its 500 stars at least ten are red giants.
Upper right is another open cluster, M36.
Other objects that surround the cluster can be seen here:
M37 plate solved with Astrometry.
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