Messier 36 or M36, also known as NGC 1960 or the Pinwheel Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the northern Auriga constellation.
This is a total of 14 hours of imaging. 3/22/2025, 4/9/2025, 4/13/2025 and 4/14/2025. All taken with my Celestron 9.25 telescope on my CGEM II mount with M101 as my goal.
I processed the images using Pixinsight,
Object Designation: Messier 101, NGC 5457
Also known as: Pinwheel Cluster
Constellation: Auriga constellation
Object Type: Open Star Cluster
Distance: 4.3 million light-years away
Magnitude: 12
Discovery: Giovanni Batista Hodierna 1654
This final image is:
28 – 15 second subs at 100 gain – no filter
