Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5139  ·  Omega Centauri
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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri Globular Cluster, Martin Dowd
NGC 5139 Omega Centauri Globular Cluster
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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri Globular Cluster

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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri Globular Cluster, Martin Dowd
NGC 5139 Omega Centauri Globular Cluster
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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri Globular Cluster

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Description

Location: Backyard Sydney, Australia
Sky Glow : Bortle 7 / 8
Moon : 50% Waxing
Conditions : Average to good seeing with some random high cloud drifting past
Telescope : 6" f6 GSO Newtonian Reflector
No filters ( only internal UV/IR Cut in 2600MC )
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6 - R Pro
Imaging Camera : ZWO 2600MC, cooled to -10C , Gain 101
TS Optics GPU Coma Corrector
Orion 60mm Guide Scope
ZWO 120MM guide camera

62 x 60 sec subs ( dithered every 3rd sub )
40 x Flats
60 x Bias

Tracking and Goto : EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Captured with APT
PHD2 Multistar Guiding ( 0.50 to 0.60 arc sec error total )
Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Processed in Startools V1.8  (Linear OSC Bayered and not white balanced)
Used the Spatially Variant PSF Deconvolution module in Startools with only 6 iterations

Comments welcome
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NGC 5139 Omega Centauri Globular Cluster, Martin Dowd