NGC 1528 from my own „Sterntaucher“ observatory

My first project in 2024 was the open cluster NGC 1528 with the star forming region Sh2-209 in the constellation Perseus.

Finder Chart NGC 1528

Here is an overview of the used equipment and the exposure times:

Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight.

NGC 1528 with sh2-209 annotated

In the field were two quasars (see annotation). The most distant of them is:

WISEA J041135.51+513426.5 with a redshift of 2.9 an apparent mag_B of 17.8 (2017,PASA,34,25).

The faintest star in this image has an apparent magnitude of approx. 20.1 mag_G (GAIA EDR 3).