NGC 2304 (Cr 120) Open Cluster in Gemini
Located at: RA 06 hours 55 minutes 12 seconds, Dec +17 degrees 59 minutes 18 seconds
Size: 5.0'; Magnitude: 10.0; Class: II 1 m
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: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 140 minutes (14 x 10 minute subs), 03/22/2007 |
| 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 2304 NGC 2304 = Cr 120 = Mel 55 = OCL-484 06 55 12 +17 59.3 Size 5 13.1": ~20 faint stars, unresolved haze, rich, elongated WSW-ENE in a thin wedge. - by Steve Gottlieb |