NGC-225

About Image:

The sailboat cluster with the faint reflection nebula the halloween cat in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is located roughly 2,200 light-years from Earth. It is about 100 to 150 million years old.

Equipment & Details:

Optics: Orion 8” inch 3.9f Newtonian astrograph

Camera: Canon 60D DSLR unmoddified

Mount: Celestron AVX

Guiding: Orion starshoot autoguider 60mm guide scope

Dates: October 22, 25, November 1, 21, 25, 28-2024

Location: Clarksdale Missouri

Exposures: Lights 235 x 4-minutes subs, ISO-1250 total 15 hours 40 minutes

Processing: Pixlnsight, Photoshop CS5