Date/Location |
April 30, 2018 KEASA Observatory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii |
Camera and Settings |
SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD camera -10°C |
Telescope |
8-inch f/8 Ritchey–Chrétien Cassegrain (with a Televue 0.8x focal reducer/field flattener yielding f/6.4) |
Mount |
Paramount ME |
Exposure |
60 min (12 x 5 min) |
Processing |
CCDOpts, Image Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6 |
Other |
Mag. 6.8 gobular star cluster in the Constellation Vela. 28 arcmin in diameter. Taken during full moon when cluster transited at 20° altitude! |
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