NGC 2141 (Lund 203, Cr 79) Open Cluster in Orion
Located at: RA 06 hours 02 minutes 56 seconds; Dec +10 degrees 26 minutes 48 seconds
Size: 10'; Magnitude: 9.4; Class: I 2 r
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), 02/28/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
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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 2141 NGC 2141 = Cr 79 = OCL-487 = Lund 203 06 02 56 +10 26.8 V = 9.4; Size 10 17.5": 20-25 faint stars mag 13-15 at 220x over extensive haze. Located within an incomplete circle of several brighter mag 11-12 stars about 8' diameter. - by Steve Gottlieb |