Berkeley 49
Berkeley 49 |
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Object data of Berkeley49 |
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| Object type: | Open star cluster (II 3 p) | |
| Size: | 4' | |
| Magnitude: | 8.7 mag | |
| Constellation: | Cyg | |
| Distance: | 8,500 Ly | |
| Notes: |
Berkeley 49 is an open star cluster located approximately 8,500
light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. This cluster is
obscured by the dust of the Milky Way which leads to be being strongly
reddened: E(B-V) = 0.61mag. East of Berkeley 49 a brighter emission nebula area is visible. This emission nebula is a candidate for a planetary nebula, and it is catalogued as StDr 103. The object identification image and the 200% crop image show the small and faint planetary nebula KLW 6, which was discoverd by Kerber, Lercher and Weinberger in 1996. |
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Exposure data |
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| Date: | 2019-07-22 until 2019-08-28 (5 nights) | |
| Location: | Nussbach / Austria (400m) | |
| Telescope: | 12" Newtonian telescope (f=1120mm) | |
| Camera: | QSI 660wsg-8 with Astrodon filters | |
| Binning: | L 1x1 / RGB 1x1 | |
| Mount: | ASA DDM85 | |
| Exposure time: | L 60x8min / R 19x8min / G 19x8min / B 19x8min | |
| Exposure time total: | 15h 36min | |
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