Open Clusters

M37 – Open Cluster in Auriga with FSQ85

M37 is one of the three Messier Open Clusters in the Constellation of Auriga – the other two being M36 and M38.  It is about 4500 light years away and contains several red giant stars, visible in this image, making it the richest of the three Auriga Messier Open Clusters. M37 appears high overhead from my 53 degree norther location during the winter months making it an ideal target for visual observations and imaging.  It makes a fine site in a telescope and appears as a fuzzy ball in a pair of binoculars.

M37
M37

Image Technical Data

Imaged from my backyard in Nottingham, UK on the 9th February 2018.  I used my Takahashi FSQ85 refractor and Moravian G2-8300 cooled CCD camera with Astrodon RGB filters.  All expsoures are binned 1×1.

Red > 12 x 120s ; Green > 12 x 120s ; Blue > 12 x 120s

M37_Annotated
M37 Annotated Version
M37_Lum_Inverted
M37 Inverted Version

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