| NGC 3293 Gem Cluster Constellation: Carina (The Keel), Equatorial 2000: RA: 10h 35m 49s Dec: -58°13'28" Distance: 8400 light years, Visual Magnitude: 4.7, Size: 10.0 x 10.0 arc mins Dreyer description : Cluster, bright, rich in stars, pretty large. |
| NGC 3293 consists of more than 50 stars in a 10 arc minutes field, the brightest of which is a red giant of magnitude 6.5, between many hot, blue bright stars. Some nebulosity is visible in the image floating between the stars, which have probably formed from it. With an estimated age of only 10 million years, NGC 3293 is a very young cluster. |
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| - Imaged on 20100303 - 10" F/4.7 Newtonian Reflector - 100 each of RGB at x128 integration + 400 dark frames - Bahtinov focusing mask, PHD guiding - rough polar alignment, no moon, ok seeing, elevation about 47 degrees - stacked in Registax 5.0 - processed in Photoshop 7.0 |