NGC 6760
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Dan Crowson
NGC 6760 is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 24,100 light-years away in Aquila.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged June 23rd, 24th and 30th and August 18th, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50256021963/sizes/l/
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Bernard Miller
Dan,
Nice resolution in the core. It has a yellow hue on my monitor. Is that just because there are a lot of yellow stars?
Bernard
From: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io On Behalf Of Dan Crowson
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 4:15 PM To: 'Dan Crowson' <dcrowson@...> Subject: [DarkSkyNewMexico] NGC 6760
NGC 6760 is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 24,100 light-years away in Aquila.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged June 23rd, 24th and 30th and August 18th, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50256021963/sizes/l/
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Dan Crowson
Probably dust. Actually looked at three images and all look similar so I’m pretty sure the colors are spot on.
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From: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io [mailto:DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io] On Behalf Of Bernard Miller
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2020 7:55 PM To: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io Subject: Re: [DarkSkyNewMexico] NGC 6760
Dan,
Nice resolution in the core. It has a yellow hue on my monitor. Is that just because there are a lot of yellow stars?
Bernard
From: DarkSkyNewMexico@groups.io On Behalf Of Dan Crowson
NGC 6760 is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 24,100 light-years away in Aquila.
Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1 RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2
360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours
Imaged June 23rd, 24th and 30th and August 18th, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50256021963/sizes/l/
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