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NGC 7243 (visual)
NGC7243 is a magnitude 6.5 open cluster in the constellation Lacerta. Sky and Telescope's Sue French has nicknamed it "The Borken Heart" because of its roughly heart shape and dark lane running through it when seen at low powers. A small to medium sized refractor will show about 50 stars with a central isosceles triangle. The SW corner of the triangle is Struve-2890, a mag 9.3 and 9.7 double star separated by 9".

This image was manipulated in Photoshop to try to give an approximation of what the view would look like through a telescope. The view represents approximate a 1 degree field of view.

A fully processed image can be seen here:
http://infiniti-eng.com/astrophotos/displayimage.php?pos=-72
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Filename:NGC7243-RGB-Visual.jpg
Album name:goodp / Telescope Views
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Keywords:Cluster SV90T
Telescope/Mount:Stellarvue SV90T Fluorite Triplet APO at f/4.7 with AP 0.67x Reducer. Mountain Instruments MI-250 mount.
CCD:SBIG ST2000XM with Astrodon RGB Filters
Image Details and Processing:42 Minutes each of RGB in 3 minute subframes. Captured with CCDSoft and CCD Commander, combined with CCDStack, processed in Photoshop.
Date and Location:Denver, CO. October 5, 2007
File Size:116 KB
Date added:Oct 06, 2007
Dimensions:750 x 750 pixels
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URL:http://infiniti-eng.com/astrophotos/displayimage.php?pos=-73
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