| Date/Location |
May 22, 2017 KEASA Observatory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii |
| Camera and Settings |
SBIG STF-8300C CCD Camera -10°C |
| Telescope |
Stellarvue SV70T 70mm f/6 apochromatic refractor with 0.8x focal reducer/field flattener |
| Mount |
Paramount MyT |
| Exposure |
40 minutes (4 x 10 min) |
| Processing |
CCDOpts, Images Plus 5.75, Photoshop CS5 |
| Other |
M53 - mag. 7.6, 21.8 arc minute diamter globular cluster. NGC5053 - mag. 9.5, 14.0 rc minute diameter globular cluster. Both reside in the constellation Coma Berenices, near Alpha Comae Berenices (brightest star above). |
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