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Photographer:

Craig Bobchin

Location of Photo:

OCA Anza Dark Sky Site

Date/Time of photo:

09/01/08 1:00am

Equipment:

Celestron 80ED Refractor w/Williams Optics .8 Focal Reducer Canon 20d Losmandy G-11 w/Gemini Meade10"SCT as guide scope SBIG STV sutoguider

Description:

The Double Cluster is the common name for the open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869, which are near each other in the constellation Perseus. A beautiful telescopic and photographic object that is visible by the naked eye from dark skies. Somehow Messier missed this one.

Website:

http://www.pbase.com/craigbob/astro_photography

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