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M36: Open Cluster in Auriga

Right Ascension05 : 36.1 (h:m)
Declination+34 : 08 (deg:m)
Distance4.1 (kly)
Visual Brightness6.3 (mag) 
Apparent Dimension12.0 (arc min)
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20 x 45 second exposures using the PC camera with Dave Allmon's QCV2 software on the Celestron ST80 refractor.

Dark frame processing, image alignment, and stacking was done with Dave Allmon's DarkGen program.
Final processing performed with Photoshop.
1/21/2001

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