Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5139  ·  Omega Centauri
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NGC5139 - Omega Centauri, 



    
        

            Neil Corke
NGC5139 - Omega Centauri
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NGC5139 - Omega Centauri

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NGC5139 - Omega Centauri, 



    
        

            Neil Corke
NGC5139 - Omega Centauri
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NGC5139 - Omega Centauri

Acquisition details

Frames:
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 50x50 mm: 6×600(1h) -25°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green 50x50 mm: 6×600(1h) -25°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Lum 50x50 mm: 7×600(1h 10′) -25°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red 50x50 mm: 6×600(1h) -25°C bin 1×1
Integration:
4h 10′

RA center: 13h26m46s.8

DEC center: -47°2858

Pixel scale: 0.637 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 153.640 degrees

Field radius: 0.396 degrees

Resolution: 3700x2526

File size: 8.7 MB

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Heaven's Mirror Observatory

Description

The challenge when processing this image of the Omega Centauri global cluster was the bright core, for which I used a simple, but effective, technique from Berard Miller to preserve some of the detail, which is explained in this 10-minute YouTube videe: https://youtu.be/F3I_BM78NRc

With credit and thanks to Martin Pugh for data capture

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NGC5139 - Omega Centauri, 



    
        

            Neil Corke

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