Astrophotography by Rob

 

M30

M30

Location: Warrumbungle Observatory, Australia (149 11 E, 31 16 S)

Date: 11 September 2012

Camera: QHY-9

Telescope: William Optics M120

Frames: Twelve 300 second exposures for each of RGB and twelve 600 second exposures in luminance.

Processing: Stacked in CCDStack, balanced, curves and sharpened in Photoshop SC5.

Notes: M30 golbular cluster lies in Capricornus at a distance of about 29 400 light years from Earth. The cluster has undergone core collapse which has resulted in the production of blue stragglers that are evident in the image.

 

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