The Perseus Double Cluster + Massimo Di Fusco + L-QEF (L-Quad Enhance Filter)

The Perseus Double Cluster

Credit: Massimo Di Fusco (Italy)

Filter: Optolong L-QEF (L-Quad Enhance Filter) 

 

 

 

While waiting to complete a much more challenging and ambitious project, I made my usual summer pass on one of my absolute favourite subjects: the Perseus Double Cluster. 
It is stronger than me, every time I get lost in this carpet of stars as if I were looking at it for the first time.
The Double Cluster (also known as Caldwell 14) consists of the open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884 (often designated h Persei and χ Persei respectively), which are close to each other in the constellation Perseus. Both visible to the naked eye, NGC 869 and NGC 884 are located at a distance of about 7500 light years in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way.

 

 

Konus 200/1000 @950mm, f/4.8
Player One Poseidon-C camera @-5 °C
Sky-Watcher Eq6r Pro mount
Optolong L-Quad Enhance filter 57x180’
N.I.N.A., APP, PixInsight, PS
Ferrara (Italy)