Messier 36 - Open Cluster in Auriga
Open Cluster Messier 36
  • Description: Open Cluster Messier 36 in Auriga. M36 - NGC1960 - is a 6th magnitude open cluster of about 60 stars in a grouping 12 arc minutes across.

  • Film: Chilled Kodak Ektachrome 400 using a Canda Technologies dry-ice cold camera
  • Scope: 16" f4.5 Newtonian
  • Exposure: 15 Minutes
  • Location: Mt. St. Francis Retreat, Cochrane, Alberta
  • Date: November 7, 1988
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