Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Crux (Cru)  ·  Contains:  Mimosa (βCru)  ·  NGC 4052  ·  NGC 4349  ·  The constellation Crux (Cru)  ·  The star Becrux  ·  The star Gacrux (γCru)  ·  The star α1Cru  ·  The star α2Cru  ·  The star δCru  ·  The star εCru  ·  The star ζCru  ·  The star θ1Cru  ·  The star θ2Cru  ·  The star ιCru
Southern Cross Constellation: A Moderate Wide Field View , 



    
        

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Southern Cross Constellation: A Moderate Wide Field View
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Southern Cross Constellation: A Moderate Wide Field View

Southern Cross Constellation: A Moderate Wide Field View , 



    
        

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Southern Cross Constellation: A Moderate Wide Field View

Acquisition details

Dates:
May 19, 2014
Frames:
22×600(3h 40′)
Integration:
3h 40′
Avg. Moon age:
19.92 days
Avg. Moon phase:
72.83%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 283220

RA center: 12h28m01s.2

DEC center: -60°2031

Pixel scale: 8.723 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -88.631 degrees

Field radius: 4.994 degrees

Resolution: 3295x2475

File size: 6.3 MB

Locations: Lily's Flower Observatory, Santa Rita do Sapucai, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Description

This is a moderate wide field of the Crux as seen in Brazil this time of the year. In this image one can see some of the coal sack, but the nice in my point of view is the quantity of stars present in this field.

This image has been captured using a Lens Canon EF-2 110mm f/2.8 stopped down to f/4 to improve CA.

The stack is as follows:

Luminance: 10x600sec bin 1x1

RGB: 4x 600 sec bin 1x1

The mount was guided.

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Southern Cross Constellation: A Moderate Wide Field View , 



    
        

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