NGC2516 Open Cluster

[cventer]

Saw this cluster in "The Sky 6" last night and because of the full moon I gave up on imaging the Helix and Imaged this. (Why is it that whenever we have perfect slies. 3 in a row we have a full moon ? Grrrrrrrrrr)

Anyway what a wonderfull cluster. Looks like little gems clustered together...

NGC 2516 is a very bright compact naked-eye open cluster of about a hundred stars 4500 light years away.

The central star is a fifth-magnitude red giant (or perhaps orange), which is easily seen in telescopes.

Its 15 x 2 min RGB Exposures with SBIG ST2000XM, Astrodon Color Filters through a Takahashi FS-102 at f8. It would make a great target for DSLR's as it does not need a lot of exposure.

Full size version is here: http://www.dslrfocus.com/NGC2516LRG.jpg
Best Regards

Chris Venter

[TidaLpHasE]

Another awsome pic Chris, it's so neat and sharp.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

OPen clusters are so delicate and you've captured it well.

[iceman (Mike)]

Lovely shot Chris, love the diffraction spikes.. very nice and sharp.

[davidpretorius]

beautiful!

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

nice to see some open clusters for a change.

[RB (Andrew)]

Very nice work Chris,

What a great looking image, very crisp, lovely colours and nice looking star spikes.

Thanks Chris

[atalas]

Beautiful Cluster Chris , thanks for sharing

[Striker (Tony)]

Yeah we dont see many open cluster's posted...well done

Very nice Chris.

Keep them coming.

[josh (Luke)]

They do look like little gems. Beautiful shot.

[ving (David)]

thats a lovely cluster you have captured!

[h0ughy (David)]

Very sharp, very nice, very green with envy