NGC 456

Nebula with Open Cluster, Tucana

August 2022. Observatorio El Sauce, Chile

NGC 456 is a nebula with an open cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on August 1, 1826 by James Dunlop. It was described by Dreyer as “pretty faint, pretty large, irregularly round, mottled but not resolved, 1st of several.”

Telescope: Planewave CDK17 (FR) f4.5
Mount: Astro Physics 1600GTO
Camera: QHY16200A/ Integral FW
Guider: Agena Starguide II / ZWO ASI178MM
Filters: Astronomik 36mm LRGB

L: 60×10 mins = 600 mins, R: 24×10 mins = 240 mins, G: 24×10 mins = 240 mins, B: 24×10 mins = 240 mins

Total Imaging Time: 22h 00m

Data Imaged remotely over 9 nights during August 2022.
Imaged from Observatorio El Sauce, Chile, in partnership with Fred Espenak.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.