M92 is one of the brighter of its sort in apparent magnitude in the northern hemisphere and in its
absolute magnitude in
the galaxy, but it is often overlooked by amateur astronomers due to angular proximity to bright cluster
Messier 13, about 20% closer. Though when compared to M13, M92 is only slightly less bright, but about 1/3 less extended. It is visible to the naked eye under very good viewing conditions.
[11] With a small telescope, M92 can be seen as a nebulous smudge even in a severely light-polluted sky, and can be further resolved in darker conditions.
Processing this was a bit different from what I'm used to. Color was initially almost non-existent. After taking more color subs things improved but still wasn't right. I normally don't combine Linear images but this time combining before stretching fixed the color problem. It's funny how processing is more of an art than science. At any rate I'm fairly happy with the results though I need more practice on figuring out how to tame down the cores of these bright objects.
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