Omega Blue (Andrew Murrell)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Centaurus (Cen) · Contains: HD116586 · HD116663 · HD116789 · NGC 5139 · Omega Centauri · omega Cen

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What to Photograph with a 10" LX200 Meade 1 day before the full Moon? Omega Centauri. I have modified the LX200 with a Crayford focuser and the EAF from ZWO to work with my ASIAIR Plus. After a friend made a bracket (thanks David) I was able to take advantage of the telescope fully. My first target was Omega. Clouds were expected and possible rain so I wanted to make it a short shoot session. I shot a total of 240 subs of 30 seconds each as I didn't want to burn out the centre or loose the colour of the stars. I wasn't prepared for the colour of the stars, I expected the image to be almost colourless with a scattering of Yellow the red stars. Not the massive chains of vividly blue stars.

Southern Hemisphere Astro
Globular Star Clusters
Objects of the South - negative declination only
ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
ZWO ASIAIR PRO USERS
Suburban Astrophotography
Australian Astrophotographers
Beginners AP

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RA (center)	13h26m33s.611
RA (top/left)	13h25m24s.444
RA (top/right)	13h28m11s.370
RA (bottom/right)	13h27m42s.224
RA (bottom/left)	13h24m56s.305

Dec (center)	-47°29′53″.44
Dec (top/left)	-47°42′53″.18
Dec (top/right)	-47°35′36″.75
Dec (bottom/right)	-47°16′50″.78
Dec (bottom/left)	-47°24′04″.81

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