Auriga Salt and Pepper Cluster

Captured and Processed by Yead Muhammad Ivan

Astrophotography information

Astrophotography Yead Muhammad Ivan
Observing location Kishoreganj (24.4320, 90.7805)
Exposure time 50 min.
Telescope Unistellar eQuinox 1 (Ashvin 2), 114 / 450 mm
Camera Sony IMX224, 1.27 Mpx
Field of view (resolution) 0.5° (1.685 arcsec)
Image processing Yead Muhammad Ivan
Image processing method Stacked in DSS, stretched in Siril, and edited in Photoshop

Astrophysical information

Object type Open Star Cluster
Constellation Auriga
Distance 4.51 Kly
Angular size 24 arcmin
Physical size 20 to 25ly
Apparent magnitude 5.6