NGC 1893

IC 410 cluster · Open cluster in Auriga

Magnitude
7.5
Size
11′
Effective surface brightness
20.0 mag/arcsec²
Best months
Nov, Dec, Jan
Declination
+33°
Filter
None (broadband target)

The young cluster lighting the Tadpoles Nebula. Comes free in any IC 410 stack.

Reachable from mid-northern latitudes (UK, northern US, central Europe) and from the south.

How long with each smart telescope

Total integration for a solid image of the NGC 1893, default sub length, recommended filter, and how much of each frame it fills. Click a cell for the full Bortle 1 to 9 table.
TelescopeIn frameBortle 3 (rural)Bortle 5 (suburban)Bortle 7 (urban edge)
ZWO Seestar S5010 s subs26%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs5 min31 subs
ZWO Seestar S50 Pro10 s subs13%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs6 min34 subs
ZWO Seestar S3010 s subs15%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs5 min32 subs
ZWO Seestar S30 Pro10 s subs8%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs6 min36 subs
DwarfLab DWARF 315 s subs11%8 min30 subs8 min30 subs8 min31 subs
DwarfLab DWARF mini15 s subs15%8 min30 subs8 min30 subs8 min30 subs
DwarfLab Draco30 s subs15%15 min30 subs15 min30 subs15 min30 subs
DwarfLab DWARF II15 s subs10%8 min30 subs9 min36 subs16 min63 subs
Vaonis Vespera II10 s subs13%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs5 min31 subs
Vaonis Vespera Pro10 s subs11%5 min30 subs6 min36 subs11 min67 subs
Vaonis Vespera 310 s subs13%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs5 min30 subs
Vaonis Vespera Pro 210 s subs11%5 min30 subs6 min35 subs11 min64 subs
Unistellar eQuinox 24 s subs32%2 min30 subs2 min35 subs4 min58 subs
Unistellar Odyssey4 s subs33%9 min138 subs10 min157 subs16 min239 subs
Celestron Origin10 s subs21%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs5 min30 subs
Celestron Origin Mark II10 s subs25%5 min30 subs5 min30 subs5 min30 subs

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Imaging the open cluster

Open clusters are the easiest targets in the sky. The stars are bright, so the aim is colour and tight stars rather than depth: short subs, no filter, and stop before the bright members saturate. The nominal time here gets you clean star colour; more integration only adds background stars.

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