Hi
Thanks to some clear nights and a newish moon I was able to tackle some RGB and this pairing of M53 and NGC5053 fits very nicely in the FOV of my FSQ106ED and ML8300. Exposures are 30x5 minutes for each filter. NGC5053 is a much looser cluster with less stars than M53 and although classified as a globular looks more like a tight open cluster
A full resolution image can be found at the following link
http://www.pbase.com/imaging_the_hea...33329/original
Thanks for looking
Best wishes
Gordon