NGC 6134 & HOGG 19

OPEN CLUSTERS IN NORMA (THE SQUARE RULE)

(Image centered at: ra 16 h:29 m / dec - 49º 12')

October - 2024, Home Backyard in Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: OPEN CLUSTER

APPARENT DIAMETER: 7 arc seconds 

APPARENT MAGNITUDE (V): 7.2

DISTANCE: 3000 light years (913 parsecs)

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 ANTLIA & HA

SKY CONDITIONS: urban skies - Bortle 8

EXPOSURES: LRGB (45,45,45,45)

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

NGC 6134 is located near the galactic plane, therefore presents an area of high stellar density. There is some faint nebulosity capture by the R channel which is part of the star forming region SDC 335.579.0.292 which is being obscure by dust clouds. The cluster is fairly loose composed by 12th  to 14th magnitude stars evenly separated. To the upper right we have a fainter and more loosed open cluster catalogued as Hogg 19. This is barely discernable with the background stars. Hogg 19 cluster was discovered in 1965 by Australian astronomer Arthur Robert Hogg.

NGC 6134 was first catalogued by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop in 1826 from New South Wales, Australia.