M44 imaged from New Mexico

I used Telescope T3 in New Mexico to image the cluster Messier 44. 

This is the data for the image

Object Name: M 44

Object Type: Open Cluster

Altitude: +73° 59' 38" 

Constellation: Cancer

Name 2: M 44

Major Axis: 90.0

Minor Axis: 0.0

RA (Topocentric): 08h 40m 51s 

Dec (Topocentric): +19° 36' 53" 

RA (2000.0): 08h 39m 57s 

Dec (2000.0): +19° 40' 21" 

Azimuth: 217° 08' 50" 

Magnitude: 3.10

Rise Time: 16:21

Transit Time: 23:16

Set Time: 06:15

Hour Angle: 00h 40m 44s 

Air Mass: 1.04

Catalog Identifier: NGC2632

Source Catalog: Core SDBs: Messier Labels

Date: 11/02/2015

Time: 00:00:43 STD

Constellation (Abbrev.): Cnc

Screen X: 508.55

Screen Y: 315.48

Sidereal Time: 09:22

Julian Date: 2457064.79216435

This is the data for the telescope/imager -  Courtesy of iTelescope.com:

Instrument Package

iTelescope T3 FoV - M42 (white frame)

CCD:  SBIG ST-8300C One Shot Color CCD

Full Well: ~25,500e- ABG

Dark Current:   ~0.02e- / pixel / sec at -15°

A/D Gain:  0.37e-/ADU

Pixel Size:  5.4um Square

Resolution:   1.02 arc-secs/pixel

Sensor:  Frontlit 

Cooling:  -20C Winter (-10C Summer)

Array:  3326 x 2504 (8.3 Megapixels) 

FOV:  42.4 x 56.3  arc-mins

Filters:  NA

Position Angle: 000º

 

Telescope Optics

OTA: Takahashi TOA-150

Optical Design: Apochromatic Refractor 

Aperture: 150mm

Focal Length: 1095mm

F/Ratio: f7.3

Guiding: Internal 

Mount: Paramount GTS 

The chart below shows its position in Cancer Courtesy of Software Bisque.