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Open Cluster
NGC 7160


Object : NGC 7160
Coordinates/Direction : RA: 21h53m, DEC: +62o36'
Object size : 13'
Apparent magnitude : 6.1
Distance : 2570 ly
No solar mass : 1.03e2
Radius : 18.5 ly
Discovered by : William Herschel, year 1789
Find in constellation : Cepheus
More to know : Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ NGC 7160

NGC 7160, 2024-03-07:

Open cluster NGC 7160, 2024 Sweden (click on the image to get one in full resolution in a new window)
Date : 2024-03-08
Time (UT) : 00:24 to 01:18
Mount : SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, Beltdrive (DIY 2019)
Guide : QHY5 camera with 400 mm f/6.3 lens
Lens/telescope : Pentax 645 300 mm ED f/4 (set to f/4)
Corrector/Barlow : -
Field (FOV) : 6.8x4.5o (full frame) before crop
camera : Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit
camera temperature: About 6o C above surrounding temperature
Film/CCD : Raw, Cr2
Filter : none
Control system: Mount, camera, focus, guide (Ekos) controlled by Astroberry (KStars/Ekos Linux)
Exp. time : 39x60 seconds, iso1600, dithering mode
Image process tool : Siril, Gimp, Irfanview
Processing : cal dark flat,astrometric color cal
Weather : clear, temperature +3o C
Site : Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra. Bortle 9
Free view Az: 20o to 90o, 165o to 185o, Alt: 20o to 55o
Comment : This is a young cluster, estimated to be only 10 to 19 million years old. The bright stars are saturated, there is a function that try to reshape the stars as how they should have looked like if this hasn't occured. Next time I try that function.
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