Image of the Month
NGC-7790 is an open star cluster located in the constellation of Cassiopiea, just over 2 degrees NW of Beta Cassiopieae. NGC-7790 is a relatively young cluster, estimated to be 60 to 80 million years old, which lies 10,800 years from Earth, and as a result, its brightness has suffered an extinction of almost 1/2 magnitude due to intervening dust and gas. This cluster contains 3 Cepheid type variable stars.
This image, acquired on October 5, 2019, is a 42 minute integration of 6 minute exposures through the Celestron C-11 at f/2, using the HyperStar III imaging system and the ZWO ASI 072MC color CMOS camera, operating at -5 degrees below ambient temperature and binned 1 X 1. Guided, captured and combined using Maxim DL5 Pro. Post processed using PhotoShop CS2, Gradient XTerminator, StarShrink, Carboni's Astro Tools, and NoiseWare.