Messier 036 – Open Cluster in Auriga
Messier 036 - Open Cluster Auriga
  • Description: - AKA NGC 1960, “Pinwheel Cluster”. A 6th magnitude Open Cluster in Auriga.

  • Camera: ASI533MM

  • Filter: Chroma RGB

  • Scope: Astro-Physics AP130EDT, 1085mm at f/8.35

  • Guiding: ASI 120 on OAG

  • Exposure: 3hrs total at 12 x 5 minutes ea RGB

  • Location: Home in Calgary, Alberta under Bortle 8 skies

  • Date: 2025-01-26

  • Notes: This is one of my first reasonable results of imaging from my backyard in the bright City of Calgary AB Canada. Processed in PixInsight with BlurXT and NoiseXT.

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