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M54 (GLOBULAR CLUSTER)

M54 (GLOBULAR CLUSTER)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Sagittarius
  • Location: RA: 18h 55m 6.0s Dec: -30d 29' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 9.1 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 7.7
  • Type: Globular Cluster
  • AKA: ngc6715
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 10 x 1 minutes Luminance unbinned
5 x 1 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 7/08/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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