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Messier M50

Object Information Messier object: M50 NGC (New General Catalog) number: NGC 2323 Discription: Open Cluster Located in constellation: Monoceros Right ascension in hours:minutes: 7:02.8 Declination in degrees:minutes: -8:23 Visual magnitude: 6.3 Size: 16.0 arc minutes Image size: 55.23 arc minutes high by 40.98 arc minutes wide Image orientation: North is top, East is left Detailed discription of M50 in SEDS Messier database Other Messier galleries, images or catalogs

Observing Log
Date December 21, 1998
Time at end of first CCD image 01:54 PST
Time at end of last CCD image 02:02 PST
Observing Location: At home on the drive way
Observation of object: M50 is an irregularly open cluster with no bright stars. Hard to see M50 from the background star field in the above image.
 
Sky Conditions
Sky transparency: 5.5 (Magnitude of the faintest star visible with the unaided eye in Ursa Minor)
Moon sets at 18:31 PST December 20, 1998
Astronomical twilight ends in the evening at 18:16 PST December 20, 1998
Astronomical twilight starts in morning at 6:00 PST
 
Observing Equipment
80 mm aperture refractor telescope and CCD Cookbook Camera
CCD image time: 3 - 240 seconds images added together
CCD dark calibration frames: 8 - 240 seconds dark frames

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