M53 and NGC 5053
Acquisition Details
- Date Posted: August 30, 2011
- Resolutions: 800x533 , 800x533 , 200x133
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Description
M53 and NGC 5053 in Coma Berenices come closest to being a double-globular cluster counterpart to the glorious Double Cluster in Perseus. I managed to snag this pair last April from my remote site at Rancho Hidalgo in New Mexico. Exposure Details: L: 9 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 R: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 G: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 B: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1 Equipment Used: Takahashi TOA-130F with flattener on an Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount. SBIG STL-6303 camera with STL-FW8 filter wheel and Astrodon LRGB filters. Self-guided using the STL-6303's built-in guide chip, positioned via an Astrodon Takometer camera rotator. Acquisition Software : MaximDL 5, TheSky6, CCDAutopilot 4 Processing Software: MaximDL, Photoshop CS4, IrFanView
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- Enrico Africa
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