FSR 667* aka the "Squiggle Cluster" Open Cluster in Perseus
Located at: RA 04 hours 07 minutes 12 seconds, Dec +51 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 7.0'; Magnitude: 8.9; Class: IR Cluster or Asterism?*
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 190 minutes (19 x 10 minute subs), 12/31/2008; seeing 3.0-3.7 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.4.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s |
| Notes:* | This possible open cluster was imaged based on the Deep Sky Wonders column by Sue French (Sky & Telescope, January 2009, pg 77-80). The name "Squiggle Cluster" is from "California amateur Dana Patchick, who happened upon it in 1980 with his 8-inch reflector." |