Messier 38 - The Starfish Cluster
Messier 38, also known as NGC 1912 or the Starfish Cluster,
is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Auriga.
It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654
and independently rediscovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749.
The open clusters Messier 36 and Messier 37, also discovered
by Hodierna, are often grouped together with Messier 38.
Messier 38 is about 3,480 light-years away from Earth. It is
about 13 light-years in diameter and contains about 100 stars.
Equipment:
OTA: Apertura 6" Ritchey-Chretien Reflector (f/9)
Reducer: Astro-Physics CCDT67 0.67x reducer (f/6 overall)
Filter: SVBONY CLS City-Light-Suppression Filter
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro Cooled Color Camera (20.1 mp)
Guide Scope: SVBONY SV106 50mm f/3.8
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini Guide camera
60x30s subs (30 minutes) stacked in SharpCap 4.1 with dark & flats
Processed in GraXpert, Topaz Denoise AI, Astrosharp, and Siril