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cventer
18-10-2005, 01:22 AM
Saw this cluster in "The Sky 6" last night and because of the full moon I gave up on imaging the Helix and Imaged this. (Why is it that whenever we have perfect slies. 3 in a row we have a full moon ? Grrrrrrrrrr)

Anyway what a wonderfull cluster. Looks like little gems clustered together...

NGC 2516 is a very bright compact naked-eye open cluster of about a hundred stars 4500 light years away.

The central star is a fifth-magnitude red giant (or perhaps orange), which is easily seen in telescopes.

Its 15 x 2 min RGB Exposures with SBIG ST2000XM, Astrodon Color Filters through a Takahashi FS-102 at f8. It would make a great target for DSLR's as it does not need a lot of exposure.

Full size version is here: http://www.dslrfocus.com/NGC2516LRG.jpg
Best Regards

Chris Venter
TidaLpHasE
18-10-2005, 01:29 AM
:)Another awsome pic Chris, it's so neat and sharp.
cometcatcher
18-10-2005, 03:56 AM
OPen clusters are so delicate and you've captured it well.
iceman
18-10-2005, 06:53 AM
Lovely shot Chris, love the diffraction spikes.. very nice and sharp.
davidpretorius
18-10-2005, 08:38 AM
beautiful!
seeker372011
18-10-2005, 08:57 AM
nice to see some open clusters for a change.
RB
18-10-2005, 09:38 AM
Very nice work Chris,

What a great looking image, very crisp, lovely colours and nice looking star spikes.

Thanks Chris
atalas
18-10-2005, 11:51 AM
Beautiful Cluster Chris , thanks for sharing :2thumbs:
Striker
18-10-2005, 12:58 PM
Yeah we dont see many open cluster's posted...well done

Very nice Chris.

Keep them coming.
josh
19-10-2005, 12:45 PM
They do look like little gems. Beautiful shot.
ving
19-10-2005, 12:57 PM
thats a lovely cluster you have captured! :)
h0ughy
19-10-2005, 01:03 PM
Very sharp, very nice, very green with envy