By Michael Teoh | 2026-02-07
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NGC 225 - The Sailboat Cluster
On 02/05/2026 10:00 pm by David Hoskin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Sailboat Cluster is a large, loosely concentrated open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is thought to be 120-130 million years old and about 2140 light years from Earth.
ToupTek ATR2600C camera with Optolong L-Pro filter, Orion ED80T-CF apochromatic refractor, SkyWatcher EQ6R mount
42 4min subs plus calibration frames (captured with SharpCap Pro) were stacked with DeepSkyStacker; post-processing with Siril and Photoshop
