Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5350  ·  NGC 5353  ·  NGC 5354  ·  NGC 5355  ·  NGC 5358  ·  NGC 5371
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NGC 5371 and HCS68, Anthony Fuller
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NGC 5371 and HCS68

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NGC 5371 and HCS68, Anthony Fuller
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NGC 5371 and HCS68

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The image was taken using 11 sub-frames at 300-second exposures each with calibrated frames. The image temperature was set to -29C, with a gain of 226.

The amateur-astronomical equipment used, an Explorer Scientific ED165-FPL53 APO Triplet Refractor with Ohara FPL53 ED (Extra-Low-Dispersion) glass. Equatorial mount used, Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro, with a ZWO ASI2600 CMOS color camera. Polar alignment and guiding achieved with a QHY-Polemaster camera and plate solving (astrometry.net). Imaging software used, Astro Pixel Processor.

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NGC 5371 and HCS68, Anthony Fuller

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