NGC 2126 (Lund 202, Cr 78) Open Cluster in Auriga
Located at: RA 06 hours 02 minutes 34 seconds, Dec +49 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 6.0'; Magnitude: 10.2; Class: III 2 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, 190 minutes (19 x 10 minute subs), 01/24/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.1, 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 2126 NGC 2126 = Cr 78 = Mel 39 = OCL-418 06 02 34 +49 52.0 Size 6 13.1": 25-30 stars mag 12-14.5, fairly dense, small, pretty cluster. The cluster is dominated by mag 6.1 SAO 40801 which lies on the NE side of the cluster. 8": 20 stars mag 12-13.5. Located close SW of a mag 6 star, appears rich with averted vision. - by Steve Gottlieb |