Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| 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 |
