15th September 2004
Globular cluster
Magnitude: 6.4 Size: 12.2'
Right ascension: 17h 17m 16s
Declination: +43° 8' 5"
Constellation: Hercules
200mm F5 newtonian @ F3.3, SC1.5 toucam RAW mode.
80mm F5 refractor @ F10 guidescope with SC1 toucam and GuideDog
100x7s + 53x10s frames. Captured in K3, debayered in AVIRaw, stacked in Registax, curves in photoshop. I processed the image until the core was nearly saturated, and then processed further on a copy. The dimmer core was then layered back in with photoshop.
This image was taken in twilight.
Location: Curdridge, Southampton, UK. 51N 15W.
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