NGC 1605 (Cr 52) Open Cluster in Perseus
Located at: RA 04 hours 34 minutes 53 seconds, Dec +45 degrees 16 minutes 18 seconds
Size: 5.0'; Magnitude: 10.7; Class: III 1 m
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 150 minutes (15 x 10 minute subs), 12/6/2006 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 2.24.4110.20701, 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 1605 NGC 1605 = Cr 52 = OCL-406 = Lund 134 04 34 52 +45 16.3 V = 10.7; Size 5 17.5": at 220x this is a very faint cluster of 15 stars mag 13.5-14.5 in 4'-5' diameter. The resolved stars appear around the periphery forming an irregular oval outline. The central region is lacking in resolved stars but consists of unresolved haze. Mag 7.7 SAO 39630 is 10' ESE at the edge of the 220x field. - by Steve Gottlieb |