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Old 03-01-2017, 05:10 PM
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Terzan Globular Cluster Collection

SPX350 F4.53, ST10/ATK314, Astrodon filters.

Hello all, not been on for a while.

Over the last few years I have collected the Terzan clusters catalogued by Agpo Terzan an French Armenian astronomer in 1968. The small distant globulars are obscured by Milkyway dust in the galactic bulge of Sco/Sgr region and remained undiscovered.

You need a 14-16" scope to see these visually at a dark site as they are 12-16th mag.

Terzan 5 is the most interesting as it is 2,000 light years from the galaxy core and has 200 x-ray pulsars emiting x/gamma rays energy as high as 24 TeV and high metallicity stars 12.5 bn yrs old. Terzan 5 has the densest core of any globular cluster and is 0.5 parsecs diameter.

Regards, John.
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Old 03-01-2017, 05:18 PM
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That is truly excellent John.
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Old 03-01-2017, 08:22 PM
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Good work John! I've always been interested in the Terzan clusters myself but haven't imaged many of them.

Cheers

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Great collection, John!
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A great project and scientifically interesting.
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