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NGC 2324

OPEN CLUSTER IN HYDRA (THE WATER SNAKE)

(Image centered at: ra 07 h: 04 m / dec 01º 03')

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February 2025, Home Backyard in Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Open Cluster

APPARENT DIAMETER:

APPARENT MAGNITUDE (V): 8.4

DISTANCE: 12400 light years

IMAGE INFORMATION

INSTRUMENT: 6" ORION OPTICS UK (Ultra Grade Optics) w/Sky Watcher Coma Corrector (0.9x) working at at f4.5

CAMERA: QHY 183 MONO

MOUNT: VIXEN GDPX, OAG with Starlight Xpress Lodestar

FILTERS: BAADER LRGB Set

SKY CONDITIONS: urban skies - Bortle 8

EXPOSURES: LO3RGB (45,45,45,45)

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

NGC 2324 is an irregular shaped open cluster in a rich and relative uniform area in the constellation of Monoceros close to the border of Canis Minor. The cluster presents a distinctive "X" shape and it is found to be a relatively young, metal-poor and distant. Following Tumpler classification this cluster has a medium level of star concentration (II)< medium range of brightness (2) and contains between 50 and 100 stars (r)

NGC 2324 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel in December 1786.

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