By Cecille Kennedy | 2023-09-09
![Community photo entitled by Ernest Jacobs on 08/19/2023 at Ede, NY, USA](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2023/09/Coathanger-PI2-08192023.jpg)
On 08/19/2023 11:00 pm by Ernest Jacobs| Ede, NY, USA
The Coathanger is an asterism comprised of 10 bright stars that looks like it's namesake. It is also known as Collinder 399 (Cr 399) and Brocchi's Cluster. This is fantastic target for visually observing with a pair of binoculars. It is bright and easy to find as it located in the Summer Triangle, which is almost overhead at dark. Had a brief window to image on 8/19. Sky conditions were not the best (transparency was poor due to high wispy clouds passing through). Note the small open cluster, NGC 6802, to the left of the horizontal section of The Coathanger.
Telescope: Explore Scientific ED80 Essential Series Air-Spaced Triplet Refractor
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Filter: none
Mount: Sky-Watcher USA EQ6-R Pro
Exposure: 92 exposures at 30 sec / Gain 100 / Offset 50 / -10°C each for a total exposure of 46 minutes.
All pre and post processing done in PixInsight. WBPP, DBE, SPCC, BXT, NXT, HT, StarXT, Curves, SCNR, Pixel Math