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Old 25-04-2007, 01:33 PM
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A Cluster in Carina

Hi all

NGC 2516 is a beautiful open cluster in the constillation of Carina.

Situated at about 1500ly and aproximately one degree in size It shines at a combined magnitude of 3.8 making for a great low power view.

I shot this through a ZS 66SD on a AP600E mount using the SXV-H9C.
Exposures were 40 x 2 minutes unguided and was taken at Magellan Observatory at Lake Bathurst.

This is my second attempt at this cluster and although I feel that the chip in my CCD is too small for a cluster of this size I hope I did a better job with It this time round.

I hope you enjoy.
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