47 Tuc NGC104

[TrevorW]

First clear night in a month and then only until around 12 midnight, 180 x 1 minute exposures stacked in SIRIL processed SIRIL and PS very little to do on such a bright target.


47 Tucanae or 47 Tuc is a globular cluster located in the constellation Tucana. It is about 4.45 ± 0.01 kpc from Earth, and 120 light years in diameter. 47 Tuc can be seen with the naked eye, with an apparent magnitude of 4.1. It appears about 44 arcminutes across including its far outreaches

[Dave882]

That’s great Trevor a lovely shot. A real gem in our southern sky!!
I’m currently processing some data on 47tuc myself…

[strongmanmike]

Sorry to hear about your run of poor weather, I recall however, a couple of years ago, you guys were being shovelled clear nights one after the other...swings and roundabouts...

A very nice shot of this beauty Trevor.

Mike

[TrevorW]

Thanks David and Mike, Mike, WA has had an unusual August with the most rainy days on record, the norm is we get a lot of clear nights this time of the year :)

[TrevorW]

OK some more data in total 5hrs30m 345 frames in 30,60,90,120 subs