Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 2972, Bennett 41a |
| Object type | Open cluster |
| Coordinates | 09h 40 min - 50° 20' (Vel) |
| Description | This inconspicuous little cluster
made it into Jack Bennett's list of comet-like objects, a testimony to his
observing skills with a 5" refractor at 21x magnification. NGC
2972 is a mag 9.9 open cluster located in central Vela, about 5°
north-west of Phi Velorum. Dreyer calls it small (4'), not rich in
stars, and compressed toward the west (right). It contains about 25 stars
of magnitude 11.5 and fainter.
The field of view is 37 x 25 arcminutes while north is up. |
| Exposure | LRGB 40:16:16:16 min @ -20°C ; all exposures 4 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, Registar, PixInsight V.1, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 03Apr2005 @ 03:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8, Seeing 8, Temperature + 9°C |
