Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Crux and Pointers, Rodney Watters
Crux and Pointers
Powered byPixInsight

Crux and Pointers

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Crux and Pointers, Rodney Watters
Crux and Pointers
Powered byPixInsight

Crux and Pointers

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This famous area moving east from the two pointers (Alpha and Beta Centauri) and taking in the Southern Cross (Crux). Image taken with a Canon 60 Da camera and 50mm lens @ F5.0, mounted on a Skywatcher HEQ5 mount. 20 subs of 180 seconds each, post processing in Photoshop CS6.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Crux and Pointers, Rodney Watters