NGC 188, Caldwell 1 - a photo on Flickriver

            This is reputed to be a tricky  target for observers with equatorial mounts due to the awkward geometry. The target is just 4 deg from the celestial pole.

NGC 188 is an open cluster of old yellow stars sitting about 1,600 light years above the galactic plane and 5,000 light years from us. It is moderately faint, with a combined magnitude of 8.1 and containing around 200 stars of 10th to 18th magnitude with the 10 brightest stars being yellow giants.    

Telescope: APM 107 apo;
Camera: QSI 583;
Mount Skywatcher EQ 8.

Taken on: November 13, 2018

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Caldwell 1

NGC 188

APM 107

Sets appears in: • Star Clusters

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