NGC 2395 (Lund 338, Cr 144) Open Cluster in Gemini
Located at: RA 07 hours 27 minutes 13 seconds, Dec +13 degrees 36 minutes 30 seconds
Size: 12' (15'); Magnitude: 8.0; Class: IV 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: |
Lumicon Red filter, 250 minutes (25 x 10 minute subs) 02/10/2010; seeing 2.5-3.2 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
This image replaces a red filtered 75 minute Track & Accumulate image from 04/12/2006. According to "Star Clusters", by Brent Archinal and Steven Hynes, the size of this open cluster is 15 arc minutes. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 2395 NGC 2395 = Cr 144 = OCL-502 = Lund 338 07 27 13 +13 36.5 V = 8.0; Size 12 13.1": scattered cluster of roughly 50 stars mag 10 and fainter in 15' field, not rich. The Medusa Nebula (Abell 21) lies 30' SE. - by Steve Gottlieb |