Double Cluster | NGC 884 and NGC 869 - Open Clusters in Perseus

NGC 884 and NGC 869 - Open Clusters in Perseus

During the last full moon I decided to try to shoot Double Cluster in Perseus. I last shot this in 2018 so this image represents a little over two years worth of learning this hobby. I ended up with a slight light-leak gradient in the resulting data set, so took another hour of data last night before the moon came up and used it as a background reference using a multiscale gradient removal technique documented here.

8in f4.9 Newtonian Cooled Color Camera Bortle 4 skies 2hr 36min

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