NGC 1893 - Letter Y Cluster
Nov 2025
@sharon
Botnang, Stuttgart
[Wikipedia]:
NGC 1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light years away. The star cluster is embedded in the Tadpole Nebula (HII region IC 410).
Images of the star cluster by the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that it contains approximately 4,600 young stellar objects.
| Filter | SV240 Multi-Narrowband |
| Lights | 54 |
| Single Exposure | 180 sec |
| Total Exposure | 2 hr 42 min |
| Gain | 101 |
| Offset | 200 |
| Temp (°C) | -10.0 °C |
| Capture Dates | Moon Illumination |
| 21 November 2025 | Waxing Crescent (0.7%) |
| Camera: | Omegon VeTec571c |
| Telescope: | Omegon Ritchey-Chretien Pro RC203/1624 |
| Reducer: | Skywatcher Flatenner 0.9x Evolux-82ED |
| Guide Camera: | ZWO ASI174MM Mini |
| Guider: | Askar Off-Axis-Guider |
| Mount: | ZWO AM5N |
| Tripod: | ZWO Carbon Fiber Tripod TC40 |
| Filter Wheel: | Svbony SV226 |
| Eaf: | Gemini Automatic Star Focuser Pro |
| Dew Heater: | Svbony SV172 |
| Flat Panel: | WELZK A3 Light Pad |
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