Open Cluster     IC 2391     Vela / Schiffssegel
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IC 2391 (also known as the Omicron Velorum Cluster) is an open star cluster in the constellation Vela. To the east of IC 2391 one can find another open star cluster: NGC 2669.

Mount Alt AD-5
Size
60'
Telescope Astro-Physics 130mm f/6.3 Starfire EDF
Trumpler class.
II 3 m
Camera
SBIG STL11000M
Mag 2.5


Distance 500 Ly
Exposure
Lum 33 x 180s, RGB à 14 x 180s
Total
3h45min

Date
March 2014
Location
Hacienda los Andes / Chile

Image acquisition by CEDIC team
(Wolfgang Leitner, Bernhard Hubl, Christoph Kaltseis, Herbert Walter)

Image processing by Bernhard Hubl