Designation |
NGC 2627, Bennett 40 |
Object type |
Open cluster |
Coordinates |
08h 37 min - 29°
58' (Pyx) |
Description |
NGC2627 (Bennett 40) is a mag 8
open cluster located in western Pyxis (the compass), about 40' south-west
of Zeta Pyxidis. The NGC description reads: quite large, richer and
more compressed toward the west, with about 40 stars of magnitude 11 to
13.
The field of view is 37 x 25 arc minutes.
North is up.
|
Exposure |
NRGB 30:9:9:9 min @ -20°C
; all exposures unbinned, no filter on luminance |
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 11,
Registar, Adobe
Photoshop CS |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 26Mar2006 @
02:00
UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 5/10, Seeing
6/10, Temperature
+ 13°C, hazy (puelche?) |