Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector

Camera:

  ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56

Image:

Lumicon Red filter, 240 minutes (24 x 10 minute subs), 01/29/2009; seeing 2.8-3.5 FWHM per CCDStack

Processing:

CCDStack 1.5.1, Photoshop 7.0

Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)

Notes:

This image replaces a 90 minute red filtered Track & Accumulate image from 03/15/2006.

From the NGC / IC Project:

Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 2129

NGC 2129 = Cr 77 = OCL-467 = Lund 293
06 01 07 +23 19.4
V = 6.7;  Size 7

17.5": bright, fairly rich group surrounding two mag 7.5 and 8 stars (SAO 77842 
and 77839) oriented N-S.  There are about three dozen stars mag 10-14 in an 5' 
well-detached circular group with several double stars including a faint pair 
preceding the northern mag 8 star.  The southern mag 8 star has a couple of very 
faint companions.

- by Steve Gottlieb