M29

Open Cluster

 

Object M29 -- Open Cluster
Constellation Cygnus
Date Aquired 02/08/2002
Camera Olympus OM-1, Ectachrome 200 slide film, guided with a WebCam
Exposure Unknown
Telescope Meade Starfinder @f/4.5 with Paracorr
Mount Losmandy G11

 

This is my first (successful) astrophoto at prime focus.  M29 is a small Open Cluster that is often in the running for the least interesting Messier object.

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