Cassiopeia 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 60 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 Cassiopeia
Distance 499 ly
Angular size 13  arcmin
Physical size 26.5 ly
Apparent magnitude 6.9