M68 Globular Cluster
Location: Warrumbungle Observatory, Australia (149 11 E, 31 16 S)
Date: 5th March 2013
Camera: QHY-9
Telescope: William Optics M120
Frames: Twelve 300 second exposures for each of RGB.
Processing: Stacked in CCDStack, balanced, curves and colour enhanced in Photoshop SC5 with aid of synthetic
luminance fro RGB data.
Text from Wikipedia: Messier 68 (also known as M68 or NGC 4590) is a globular cluster in the Hydra
constellation. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1780. M68 is at a distance of about 33,000 light-years
away from Earth.
|