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Comet NEOWISE Passing by Globular Clusters M53 and NGC5053, Terry Hancock

Comet NEOWISE Passing by Globular Clusters M53 and NGC5053

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Comet NEOWISE Passing by Globular Clusters M53 and NGC5053, Terry Hancock

Comet NEOWISE Passing by Globular Clusters M53 and NGC5053

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Another collaboration by Tom Masterson and Terry Hancock.

Captured on August 6th at Grand Mesa Observatory using System 4a with QHYCCD’s latest offering the QHY410C Back Illuminated Full Frame CMOS camera that we have the honor of testing. In this photogenic scene NEOWISE is, by our perspective on Earth passing by Globular Clusters M53 and NGC5053.

Technical Info:

Total Integration time: 54 minutes

Location: www.grandmesaobservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado.

Date of capture: August 6th 2020

Color RGGB 54 min, 27 x 120 sec

Camera: QHY410C Back Illuminated Full Frame Color CMOS

Gain 0, Offset 76

ReadMode: High Gain Mode

Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames

Optics: Takahashi E-180 Astrograph

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6

Pre Processed in Pixinsight and Deep Sky Stacker

Post Processed in Photoshop

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Comet NEOWISE Passing by Globular Clusters M53 and NGC5053, Terry Hancock