NGC 7429 (Lund 1027, OCL-249) Open Cluster in Cepheus
Located at: RA 22 hours 55 minutes 54 seconds, Dec +59 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 15'; Magnitude: --; Class: IV 2 p
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: |
Lumicon Red filter, 340 minutes (34 x 10 minute subs), 09/19/20/2010; 2.4-3.6 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 2.11.3874.21660, 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 7429 NGC 7429 = OCL-249 = Lund 1027 22 56 00 +59 58.4 Size 14 17.5": scattered group of 18 stars in a 6'x2' group elongated NNW-SSE. Includes 8 mag 9.5-12 stars and the rest are mag 13-15. There are no rich spots and most stars are scattered around the elongated irregular outline. The brightest two mag 9.5 stars are located near the center (SAO 34961) and at the SE end (SAO 34971). Located about 8' W of a mag 7.3 SAO 34988. Appears to be an asterism although listed in Lynga 5. - by Steve Gottlieb |