Subject: Open cluster Collinder 399 - Brocchi's Cluster in Vulpecula
Exposure: Composite of two 20-minute exposures
Processing: Negatives scanned, blended in Picture Window Pro 2.5 and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Telescope: TeleVue 102mm f/8.6 APO refractor @ f/6.9
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SBIG ST-4
Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Ektapress PJ400
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Date: 08/12/01
Comments: Brocchi's Cluster is also known as The Coathanger, for obvious reasons. The smaller and fainter open cluster NGC6802 can be seen on the far right side of this image.
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