Monday, November 15, 2010

SH2-202, Pazmino’s Cluster


Located in the constellation Camelopardalis, the open star grouping named Pazmino’s Cluster is contained in the very large diffuse nebula of Sharpless SH2-202. The nebula does very well in the HA filter. It was a nice surprise to find a light blue reflection area in the center of the cluster.
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG ST2K XM
Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B & Ha
Dates: December 30 2008 through November 10, 2010
Location: Roswell, Georgia and Deerlick Astronomy Village

Exposure Details
Ha = 870 Minutes
L = 150 Minutes
RGB = 180 Minutes

1 comment:

Sakib said...

That is a very impressive image! There's certainly a lot going on in this area. Actually this nebula is located to the right of the vdB14-5 reflection nebula complex, to see a widefield of both would be magical!