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