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Old 04-07-2020, 03:29 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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NGC 6752 Pavo Globular Cluster- Sydney

Captured NGC 6752 last Wednesday night , a 6 magnitude globular cluster located in the constellation of Pavo ( Peacock ) under Sydney Bortle 8 skies , a 85% waxing moon and neighbours ( 2 story mansions ) on both sides exterior flood lights on until 11.30pm lighting up my backyard for no apparent reason !!!!
A nice bright little cluster with some larger stars fringing the core and also in the wider star field

I captured this object last year but only managed an hour of data , this year managed over 2 hours and the result is significantly better

6” f6 Bintel GSO newt on an EQ6-R Mount
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector ( no filters )
100 x 80 sec dithered guided subs ( dithered every 3rd frame )
60 x darks
PHD2 guiding at 1.20 to 1.40 total rms error
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Frame , focus and capture BYEOS
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Processed in Startools V1.5 Linesr data set

Original frame and cropped resized versions

Thanks for looking
Comments welcome
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