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Tag Archives: Open Cluster

Imaging The Jewel Box

Urban Astronomer avatarPosted on 3 Mar, 2016 by Allen Versfeld24 Apr, 2016

This month I made two attempts at imaging the Jewel Box open cluster, more formally identified as Kappa Crucis, or NGC 4755. The first result was mediocre at best, while the second turned out quite nicely, and that means we get to do another “Watch me learn astrophotography” posting! As you’ll know from earlier posts along this topic, I’ve become a believer in data.  The more data, I’ve been teaching, the better the result because you’re giving your stacking algorithms … Continue reading →

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