Designation |
Melotte 105, Bennett 47 |
Object type |
Open cluster |
Coordinates |
11h 20 min - 63°
32' (Car) |
Description |
Melotte 105 - object
number 105 in the catalogue of star clusters by the British-Belgian
astronomer Philibert Jacques Melotte (Jan 29, 1880 - Mar 30, 1961)
- is the first of two clusters that lie within a degree of each
other in north-eastern Carina at the Centaurus border. It has a combined
magnitude of 8.5, and contains about 70 stars of mag 11.1 and fainter,
covering about 4' of sky.
The field of view is 37 x 25 arcminutes with north
to the left.
|
Exposure |
LRGB 30:9:9:9 min @ -20°C
; all exposures 3 min unbinned |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000 with Astronomik
Type 2 filterset - selfguided |
Optics |
RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien
@ f/9
(prime focus) |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta,
Registar, PixInsight V.1, Adobe
Photoshop CS |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 03Apr2005 @
03:00
UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 5-6, Seeing 6, Temperature
+ 13°C |