Michael Purcell's Astrophotography

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M52

M52

(Click on the picture above to go to the main image.)

M52 is one of the few Open Clusters small enough to fit on the CCD chip.

I took this picture in my driveway.

Constellation Cassiopeia
Right Asc (hh:mm:ss) 23:24:12
Declination(deg:sec) 61:35
Magnitude 6.9
Size (ArcMin) 13
Tirion SkyAtlas 2000 3
Uranometria 2000 #15 and #34

CCD Camera Parameters

ST-7 Compressed Image
File_version = 3
Data_version = 1
Exposure = 5 minutes
Focal_length = 63.000
Aperture = 65.9000
Response_factor = 2000.000
Note = Image taken 09/07/97 at 01:09:51
Background = 298
Range = 228
Height = 510
Width = 765
Date = 09/07/97
Time = 01:09:51
Exposure_state = 356
Temperature = 0.19
Number_exposures = 1
Each_exposure = 5 minutes
History = dFEK
Observer = Michael Purcell
X_pixel_size = 0.0090
Y_pixel_size = 0.0090
Pedestal = 0
E_gain = 2.30
User_1 = CCDOPS for DOS Version 3.6B2
Filter = None
Readout_mode = 0
Track_time = 200
Sat_level = 65535

This page last updated on May 5, 1998 Contact Michael Purcell

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