NGC 2281(Cr 116) Open Cluster in Auriga

Located at: RA 06 hours 48 minutes 18 seconds, Dec +41 degrees 04 minutes 42 seconds

Size: 14'; Magnitude: 5.4; Class: I 3 m

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, 150 minutes (15 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 images replaces an unfiltered 45 minute Track & Accumulate image from 01/09/2006