M55 Specter Globular Cluster in Sagittarius

[Startrek]

Captured M55 globular cluster ( Specter Cluster )on Wednesday night in Sydney for the second time this year. Located in the constellation of Sagittarius it shines at magnitude 7.42 and has quite a wide spread core
This cluster was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lasaille in 1752 while observing in South Africa
M55 is a great target to image especially over the past few months

Scope: 6” f6 Bintel Newtonian reflector ( 900mm focal length )
Image Scale: 0.98 arc sec / pixel
Mount : Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Imaging Camera : Canon 600D unmodded
ISO 800 with Baader coma corrector
Guide scope : Orion 50mm with helical focuser
Guide camera : ZWO ASI120 MM-3
Capture Software : BYEOS
Goto and Tracking : EQMOD , Stellarium Scope and Stellarium
Guiding Software: PHD2
45 x 90 sec guided subs ( no dithering )
20 x darks
Stacking Software: Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing: Startools v 1.4

Thanks for looking , comments welcome

[xelasnave]

Wow you are the MAN for globular. You have the magic knack of getting those central stars..me my centres are so bright and well blown out that you need Sunglasses. I must ask at Bintel how many people come in saying they want one of those scopes like that Martin guy on Iceinspace.
Well done mate.
Alex

Hey maybe a promotion for them..mention Martin for a gift voucher.
Alex

[Startrek]

Your to kind Alex, appreciate the flattering comments
I have supported Bintel from the start as they are a great company and more than happy to provide a testimonial for the Bintel 6” newt
You always say the 6” newt is a great scope , but I don’t think to many folk use one , they tend to run with small refractors when starting out in AP
My 6” together with the Canon 600D images everything in the night sky with good results. The 6” stays in Sydney and my bigger Bintel 8” f5 stays down the coast to image everything especially galaxies
Thanks so much again Alex
Still so much to learn .......