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Dec. 14-15, 2019 - Location: Davis Mountains west of Fort Davis, TX Telescope: Stellarvue SV102ED Mount: MI-250 Camera: ST-8300M Exposure: L = 120 min. (bin 1x1) - R G & B = 60 min. each (bin 2x2) Click on the image below to view at higher resolution. |
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Probably discovered by Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654 Rediscovered by Caroline Herschel on September 29, 1783 NGC 752 is an open cluster located in the northern constellation of Andromeda approximately 1,300 light years from the Earth. The cluster is relative bright with a combined visual magnitude of about 6. The cluster is scattered with stars spanning an area over twice the size of the full Moon. . The cluster contains 258 listed stars. The age of the cluster is estimated to be approximately 1.3 billion years.
Member of the Dark Sky Observatory Collaborative
1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_752
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