Designation |
NGC 288, Bennett 5 |
Object type |
Globular cluster |
Coordinates |
00h 53 min - 26°
35' Sculptor (Scl) |
Description |
NGC 288 is a bright (magnitude 8)
globular cluster described as large (13.8 arcminutes), loose, with stars
of magnitude 12 thru 16 and only a small central condensation.
An easy object for a 6" telescope, it is located 1.8° south-east of
the Silver Coin galaxy NGC253, and 3.1°
NNW of Alpha Sculptoris. The distance to NGC 288 is approximately
30.000 light years. Click here or on the
image to see NGC 288 in higher resolution. The field of view is 37 x 25 arc minutes.
North is up (0°).
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Exposure |
NRGB 48:16:16:16 min @ -20°C
; all exposures unbinned, no filter on luminance |
Camera |
SBIG STL-11000 with Astronomik
Type 2 filterset - selfguided |
Optics |
RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien
@ f/9
(prime focus) |
Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta 11,
Registar, Adobe
Photoshop CS |
Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 30Jul2006 @
09:00
UTC |
Conditions |
Transparency 8-9/10, Seeing
6/10, Temperature 0 °C |