NGC7789

Open Cluster

 

Object NGC 7789 -- Open Cluster
Constellation Cassiopeia
Date Aquired 11/7/2001
Camera ST-7E 
Exposure 10X60sec
Telescope Meade Starfinder 10" @f/4.5
Mount Losmandy G11

 

This 1.6 billion year old cluster is one of the richest in the sky.  An open cluster is a groups of stars all born out of the same cloud of gas, and this cluster has over 1000 sibling stars. 

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