Telescope: Meade SN6 Comet Tracker at f/3.6, Orion Atlas EQ-G
Camera: Full Spectrum Modified Nikon D5300, Baader Mk III MPCC
Filter: Orion Imaging Skyglow Filter
Guide scope: Orion 50mm, ZWO ASI120MM mini
Exposure: 16x60sec, ISO 200, saved as RAW
Darks: Internal (Long Exposure Noise Reduction On)
Flats: 32×1/10sec, Tee shirt flats taken at dusk
Average Light Pollution: Red zone, Bortle 8, poor transparency, bright moonlight
Lensed Sky Quality Meter: 18.0 mag/arc-sec^2
Stacking: Mean with a 2-sigma clip.
White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic
Software: Backyard Nikon, Deep Sky Stacker, Nebulosity, Photoshop
M37 is the easternmost of three relatively bright open clusters in Auriga, the others being M36 and M38. M37 is the richest of the three and appears as a nice patch of stardust in small telescopes. In larger telescopes it blossoms in to a grand sight.
M37 is currently well placed high in the northeast during the early evening.
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