Telescope: Light Switch 8 @ f/6.2 (Optec 0.62x focal reducer), altaz mode
Camera: Full Spectrum Modified Canon 600D, interval timer
Filter: GSO IR Blocking Filter
Guide scope: None
Exposure: 22x10sec, ISO 1600, 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, fair transparency
Lensed Sky Quality Meter: 18.5
Stacking: Mean with a 1-sigma clip.
White Balance: Nebulosity Automatic
Software: Deep Sky Stacker, Nebulosity, Photoshop
M52 is a relatively bright open cluster just to the west of Cassiopeia. Visually, M52 appears as a fine patch of stardust in small telescopes while larger telescopes show a broad expanse of fainter stars. The faint, rich field to the right of M52 is the open cluster Czernik 43.
M52 is currently high in the northeast after sunset.
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