NGC 1778 (Lund 152, Cr 58) Open Cluster in Auriga
Located at: RA 05 hours 08 minutes 06 seconds, Dec +37 degrees 01 minutes 24 seconds
Size: 6.0' (8.0'); Magnitude: 7.7; Class: III 2 p
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 520 minutes (52 x 10 minute subs) 01/3/4/2010; seeing 2.6-3.2 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.6, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
According to "Star Clusters", by Brent Archinal
and Steven Hynes, the size of this open cluster is 8.0 arc
minutes.
From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 1778 NGC 1778 = Cr 58 = OCL-429 = Lund 152 05 08 06 +37 01.4 V = 7.7; Size 7 17.5": about 50 stars mag 10-15 in a 15' field. Most stars are arranged in two rows oriented NW-SE with a dark lane between. Fairly scattered overall, includes several double stars. There is a nice double star 10/10 at 15" with two mag 13 stars near and 4' SE is a close striking double star h3266 = 9.9/11.1 at 8". A fairly rich clump is at the SE end of cluster. 8": 20 stars mag 10 and fainter in a 6' field, small, elongated NW-SE, nice double star 10/10. Includes a string of mag 10-11 star to the N. - by Steve Gottlieb |