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M 5, ancient globular cluster in Serpens

Contains: M 5

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Meade 4501

Imaging cameras: Meade DSI II C

Mounts: CG5

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion ShortTube 80 f/5

Guiding cameras: Meade DSI

Focal reducers: Antares 0.5x Reducer

Software: Nebulosity PHD guiding photoshopiLanga AstroPlanner

Accessories: HB Home-built TEC1-12706 cooler

Resolution: 708x551

Dates: May 29, 2012

Locations: Mapleton Lateral Observatory

Frames: 66x150"

Integration: 2.8 hours

Avg. Moon age: 7.54 days

Avg. Moon phase: 51.72%

RA center: 04:13:14.107

DEC center: -75:35:04.993

Pixel scale: 3.64 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -19.61 degrees

Field width: 43.23 arcminutes

Field height: 33.25 arcminutes

Description

Date: 29 May 2012
Subject: M5, 13-billion year-old globular cluster in Serpens
Scope: Meade 4501+ 0.5x Antares telereducer
Filter: none
Mount: CG-5 (Synta motors)
Guiding: Orion ST80 + 0.5x Antares telereducer + DSI Ic + PHD
Camera: DSI IIc (cooled at 2 A, 6.0 V)
Acquisition: Nebulosity 3.0.3
Exposure: 66 x 150 s
Stacking: Neb 3, bias included, normalize first, trans+rot align, 1.5 SD stack
Processing: Digital development with sharpening, power stretch, Keller stretch, a little saturation boost, CS5 Gradient XTerminator, levels, Astronomy Tools space, deep space noise, color blotch reduction, star color enhance

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