Helena Observatory,   North Alton, NS

NGC 884 and NGC 869 (Perseus Double Cluster)

15-May-2026 09:05 ADT 15-May-2026 12:05 UTC

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.


NGC 884 and NGC 869 (Perseus Double Cluster), 22-Oct-2011

Scope: 70mm x 230mm refractor, f/3.2
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding: none
Imaging Camera: Canon 350D (modified)
ISO: 800
Frames: 5 @ 1m0s
Total Exposure: 4m55s
Processing: DSS, PixInsight
 
This subject always looks gorgeous.
Reprocessed 2015-04-29