Imaging telescope or lens:Orion 8" f3.9 Astrograph
Imaging camera:Canon 550D
Mount:Celestron CGEM DX
Guiding telescope or lens:Vixen Finderscope 9x50
Guiding camera:Orion StarShoot AutoGuider
Focal reducer:MPCC
Software:PixInsight, PHD Guiding, O'Telescope BackyardEOS
Resolution: 5118x3366
Integration: 0.0 hours
Astrometry.net job: 188063
RA center: 201.753 degrees
DEC center: -47.480 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.100 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -179.110 degrees
Field radius: 0.936 degrees
Omega Centauri, NGC 5139
Located in the constellation Centaurus, Omega Centauri is the largest globular cluster in our Milky Way galaxy.
This is the second target visible only in the southern hemisphere I have imaged since moving to South Africa. Omega Centauri is especially impressive to me coming from the USA and being used to M13, the Hercules globular cluster, which used to seem big.
Image details:
Data acquired on 2013-12-31
23x 2min ISO400
Calibrated with dark, flat, and bias frames
Orion 8" Astrograph
Baader MPCC coma corrector
Canon t2i / 550D DSLR (Baader IR modded)
Celestron CGEM DX mount
Orion SSAG + 50mm finder/guider
Data acquired with BackyardEOS
Calibration, integration, and post-processing with PixInsight
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