| 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). Zoomed in image taken from the Regina Caelorum Observatory, Wheelock, TX on June 8, 2024 with a 132mm f/7 Apo, ST-4000XCM CCD camera, 95-minute exposure. |
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