NGC 1245 (Lund 103, Cr 38) Open Cluster in Perseus
Located at: RA 03 hours 14 minutes 42 seconds, Dec +47 degrees 14 minutes 18 seconds
Size: 10'; Magnitude: 8.4; Class: II 2 r
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 150 minutes (15 x 10 minute subs), 10/19/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1245 NGC 1245 = Cr 38 = Mel 18 = OCL-389 03 14 41 +47 14.3 V = 8.4; Size 10 17.5": about 100 stars at 220x in 10' diameter. Rich in mag 13.5-14 stars and includes four mag 12 stars along the W side. Roughly circular outline and uniform but no concentration to the center, many stars are arranged in lanes. A mag 8.5 star is off the S edge and a mag 9 star is about 5' off the ENE edge. 13": about 75 stars in a dense cluster. Includes bright stars on the N side. - by Steve Gottlieb |