NGC 457 The Owl cluster

It was a good night last night, the weather forecast showed clear skies from around 6.00 p m to midnight, so about 5.00 p m I started to set my kit up, ready for polar alignment etc.

I've one or two targets on my wish list, one being the Owl cluster, in Cassiopeia, which is one of my favourite clusters and I've been meaning to photograph it for some time, it's aptly named, having the appearance, that its popular name suggests.



80 mm refractor, Astronomik CLS filter and a standard Canon 10D.
30 x 90 seconds exposures, stacked in Nebulosity and finished in Photoshop CS3