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Originally Posted by Startrek
Jetstream was running around 100kt last night so picked an easy object to do some quick imaging. Chose M55 globular cluster ( around magnitude 7 ) which I haven’t imaged before
6” f6 Bintel newt on a HEQ5 mount
40 x 90sec subs
15 x darks
No dithering
PHD2 Guiding at a terrible 1.80 to 2.20 arc sec error
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector
ISO 800
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools
Thanks for looking , comments welcome !
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Nice work Martin on this very neglected Globular, both visually and imaging..I always have a peek when I'm hunting doubles in the region..loose but fainter than the other Messier ones but quite easy to resolve some of it in scopes of 130mm..so nice to see what you've done with it.
Bigjoe.