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M53 -- Globular Cluster

Object

Type

Globular Cluster

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Distance

58K light years

Magnitude

7.6

Size

13.0 arc-min

Image

Date

2012-04-16

Place

Texas Star Party

Exposure Data

RGB 60:60:60 mins @ -15C

R 12x5, G 12x5, B 12x5

Notes

All filters binned 1x1, Created pseudo Lum from RGB data

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N

Focal Length

530 mm @f/5.0

Mount

Takahashi NJP

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

CFW-10, AstroDon CRGB

Software

TheSky6, CCDSoft, CCDAutopilot4, CCDStack 2+, PhotoShop CS6, PixInsight, BlurXTerminator

Reprocessed on 04/13/2023