Caldwell 10 (NGC 663)

by Willem Jan Drijfhout

Objects in field: NGC 663

Equipment: Planewave CDK14, Moravian Instruments C3-61000 PRO

Integration: 7h 24m

Caldwell 10 is a young open cluster located 8,800 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It has an estimated 400 stars and spans about a quarter of a degree across the sky. The star cluster is likely the most massive star cluster in the Cassiopeia OB8 association, and possibly the Perseus Arm. For more details on capture and a step by step description of the processing, feel…