Comet Garradd and The Coathanger

Comet Garradd continues to maintain a 6th magnitude level as it glided through the summer Milky Way region. The Coathanger asterism, also called Al Sufi’s Cluster, Brocchi’s Cluster and Collinder 399, is a grouping of stars in the constellation of Vulpecula (the Fox). The members of the Coathanger group range from magnitude 5.1 to 7.2 and is best viewed with a wide field telescope or binoculars since it occupies an area of 60 minutes of arc (1-degree).

2 images x 360-second subframes, Total= 12 minutes (Taken through thin clouds). Takahashi Epsilon -180, f/2.8, Unmodified Canon 20D DSLR, Astronomik CLS Light Pollution filter, ISO 800, Processing by Images Plus 2.80, PixInsight LT and Photoshop. ATMoB Clubhouse, Westford, MA, 2 September 2011.