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M37, open cluster

It has a visual magnitude of 6.2 and contains around 150 stars with magnitudes ranging from 9 to 12.5, although its total population may exceed 500 stars.

General information

Constellation
Auriga
Category
Clusters and stars
Date
27 December 2024

Capture

Total time
33.0 min
Subframes
light frames: 30xCLS bin1 + 12xR bin2 + 12xG bin2 + 12xB bin2
Gain / Offset
125 / 30
Calibration
50 dark frames, 50 flat frames, 50 dark-flat frames, no bias frames

Equipment

Telescope
TS102 f/7
Camera
ZWO ASI 294MM
Filters
CLS, R, G, B
Mount
Sky Watcher Wave 150i
Guiding
N/A

Processing and environment

Processing
Stacked and post-processed with PixInsight 1.9.2
Location
l'Ampolla
Sky
Bortle 4