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Imaged February 5th and 6th, 2022 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
Another fine image Dan. This cluster is not often imaged or observed. I saw it back in 2013 with my 10 inch dob. Here is what I noticed about it visually.
NGC2266 (Gemini, open cluster, mag=9.5, siz=5.0', class=II2m):
Located just under 2° north of mag 3.0 Epsilon Geminorum (Mebsuta) I spotted this mag 9.5 cluster using 69x. It displayed a gentle curve of 4 stars above an area of hazy unresolved stars. Bumping up to 89x, brought in a couple more stars along the curve and gave the unresolved area below a more wedge-like shape. When I then tried 114x, the wedge shape became more defined, with additional stars coming into view around the perimeter of the cluster. These perimeter stars took on the approximate shape of the constellation Capricornus to me. Though dimmer, it was a pretty little object that was well detached from the general field.
Alan
Scopes: Astro Sky 17.5 f/4.5 Dob || Apertura AD12 f/5 Dob || Zhumell Z10 f/4.9 Dob ||
ES AR127 f/6.5 || ES ED80 f/6 || Apertura 6" f/5 Newtonian
Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
EPs: AT 82° 28mm UWA || TV Ethos 100° 21mm and 13mm || Vixen LVW 65° 22mm ||
ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
Filters (2 inch): DGM NPB || Orion Ultra Block, O-III and Sky Glow || Baader HaB
Primary Field Atlases: Uranometria All-Sky Edition and Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas
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