Cluster · Auriga
NGC 1857
A distant open cluster in Auriga, which William Herschel discovered in 1780.
Le Cœur et l'Âme · Photograph by the author · 3h 47m of exposure, DwarfLab DWARF 3
It is about 18,800 light-years away, covers 10 arcminutes, and a catalogue of open clusters credits it with 163 members. In the photo, a very bright star occupies its heart, a little left of centre, surrounded by fainter stars, many of them bluish.
Source: Wikipédia en français, NGC 1857. A figure wrong? Report it.
duration not logged 1 shot
0 towards 25h 12m · cumulative integration on this object
Temps d'intégration : the total exposure time, the sum of every exposure stacked on an object.
- Designation
- NGC 1857
- Family
- Cluster
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Shots taken
- 1
- Album date
- 3 September 2026
- Cumulative integration
- not logged
- Instrument
- Unistellar eQuinox 2
The album date is the one the photo album gives the file, not the date of the shot: the device burns none into this image.
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23m 1 shot
0 towards 25h 12m · cumulative integration on this object
M36 · Auriga
M36
duration not logged 1 shot
0 towards 25h 12m · cumulative integration on this object