NGC 7510 (Cr 454) Open Cluster in Cepheus
Located at: RA 23 hours 11 minutes 04 seconds, Dec +60 degrees 34 minutes 08 seconds
Size: 4.0'; Magnitude: 7.9; Class: II 3 r n
North is up

West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 130 minutes (13 x 10 minute subs), 09/3/2006 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
Also near M 52, NGC 7538 and "The Bubble", this area of the sky is laced with faint nebulosity. Some of which is seen to the East (left) of NGC 7510. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 7510 NGC 7510 = Cr 454 = Lund 1030 = OCL-256 23 11 04 +60 34.3 V = 7.9; Size 4 18" (10/9/04): beautifully rich, small cluster with a triangular or wedge-shaded outline. Roughly 50 stars are resolved in a 4'x2' region with additional sprays of stars extending to the SW and NE. There is a well-defined border of brighter stars running SW-NE along the south side of the wedge with the brightest mag 9.6 member at the east end of this string. There are several 11- 12th mag members, but most seem mag 13 and fainter. The north end of the giant HII complex, Sh 2-157, lies ~30' E. 17.5" (10/17/98): very pretty triangular wedge of stars in a 5x2' group. There are brighter stars at the W and E vertex with the brightest star at the following end. Within the triangle are two dozen stars oriented SW-NE including a number of mag 14-15 stars on the eastern side. Just following the main grouping are another 8 or 9 stars which may be part of the cluster. Picked up while viewing nearby Sh2-157. 13" (9/9/83): striking at 62x, about two dozen stars in a wedge-shape elongated SW-NE. Compact cluster Mrk 50 and HII region LBN 11 is ~30' ESE. - by Steve Gottlieb |