Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| 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?) |
