Open Cluster NGC884 in Perseus (part of Perseus Double Cluster)

An open cluster known since antiquity containing some 300 stars located about 7500 light years away. NGC884 is likely a somewhat older and more evolved cluster than NGC869. NGC884 has a diameter of about 70 light years and is very young at about 1 million years old. Note the several red giants in this cluster. They are not found in NGC869

If you move the mouse over the image, you will see both NGC869 and NGC884 and their environs.

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Five 3 minute exposures and 5 1 minute images dark compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.75  and then processed as an HDR image.