M68 ( Jan Scheers )

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Hydra (Hya) · Contains: M 68 · NGC 4590

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M68

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M68

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Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Planewave CDK24
Mounts: Mathis Instruments MI-1000/1250
Filters: Astrodon LRGB 2GEN
Software: Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Digital Image Solutions Astro Panel · ProDigital Software Astronomy Tools Actions Set · Topaz Labs Sharpen AI
Guiding Cameras: FLI PL9000

Dates:: Feb. 11, 2022
Frames:: 16×600″(2h 40′)
Integration:: 2h 40′
Avg. Moon age:: 9.97 days
Avg. Moon phase:: 76.16%

RA center: 12h39m27s.217

DEC center: -26°45′03″.18

Pixel scale: 0.620 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -0.807 degrees

Field radius: 0.300 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

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Resolution: 2464x2460

File size: 3.0 MB

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Image of Messier 68, a globular cluster in Hydra

M68 is centred about 33,600 light-years away from Earth. It is orbiting our galaxy's galactic bulge with a great eccentricity of 0.5. This takes it to 100,000 light years from the center.
It is one of the most metal-poor globular clusters, which means it has a paucity of elements other than hydrogen and helium.

Image was acquired with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL09000 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.

Total integration time: 160 minutes
LRGB 4 subs of 600s with each filter.
FOV 32' x 32' (0.68"/px)

Processing with AstroPixelProcessor and Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI & Franzis Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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RA (center)	12h39m27s.217
RA (top/left)	12h40m23s.358
RA (top/right)	12h38m29s.549
RA (bottom/right)	12h38m30s.939
RA (bottom/left)	12h40m25s.150

Dec (center)	-26°45′03″.18
Dec (top/left)	-26°32′09″.39
Dec (top/right)	-26°32′30″.81
Dec (bottom/right)	-26°57′55″.67
Dec (bottom/left)	-26°57′34″.44

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