NGC 3114

Open Cluster, Carina

June 2021. Observatorio El Sauce, Chile

NGC 3114 is a sparse open cluster which is projected onto the outskirts of the Carina complex. Because of the high number of field stars from the disc of the Milky Way, it is very difficult object to study as this contamination makes its size ambiguous. NGC 3114 has first been subject of studies in 1963, when Jankowitz and McCosh obtained photographic UBV photometry for 171 of its stars and photoelectric UBV photometry of 52 stars. They estimated the cluster to be 910 parsecs from the Sun.

Telescope: Astro Physics 155EDF (TCC) f5.4
Mount: Astro Physics 1600GTO
Camera: FLI PL29050 / CFW2-7
Guider: Agena Starguide II / SBIG STi

L: 44×10 mins = 440 mins, R: 24×10 mins = 240 mins, G: 30×10 mins = 300 mins, B: 24×10 mins = 240 mins

Total Imaging Time: 20h 20m

Data Imaged remotely over 4 nights during April & June 2021.
Imaged from Observatorio El Sauce, Chile, in partnership with Fred Espenak.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.