Open Cluster – M39

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September 3, 2011 at 1:44 pm

Danny Lee

Kent, UK

Skywatcher Explorer 150p
EQ5 Pro GOTO mount
Nikon D40 DSLR

Just 8x 90sec exposures of M39 in Cygnus

Calibrated with darks/flats/bias

Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in Photoshop

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