M52: An open cluster in Cassiopeia.

Image taken: Nov. 6, 2005

Students: McDaniel Wicker, Kimberly Kilpatrick.

Telescope: Meade 12 in with f/5.6 focal reducer (f=67in), guided with an A)7 adaptive optics accessory.

Camera: SBIG ST-7 CCD

Exposures: 120 sec in each of red, green, and blue, a total of 6 minutes.

Image processing: CCDops + Photoshop CS.

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M52 is a young star cluster of 200 stars 7 mg or fainter. Its diameter is about 12 light years, and it is 7,000 light years away from us.