Cr268
Open Cluster in Musca
About
An open cluster in Musca, also listed as Harvard 8, roughly 9,000 light-years away judging from its Gaia parallax. SIMBAD gives its size as 9.6′ and its integrated V magnitude as about 9.5.
Imaging tips
- At 2690–4490 mm on APS-C the cluster fills a third to a half of the frame.
- Faint at 22.3 mag/arcsec², so plan a good amount of broadband integration.
- Best March and April, but it never rises from 50°N or 35°N: a southern-hemisphere target.
Facts
- Size
- 9′
- Magnitude
- 8.9
- Coordinates
- RA 13h 18.2m, Dec −67° 5′
- Framing, APS-C
- 2690–4490 mm
- Framing, full frame
- longer than 4000 mm
- Best months
- Mar, Apr
- Peak altitude
- never rises from 50°N, never rises from 35°N