Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 3201, Bennett 44, Caldwell 79 |
| Object type | Globular cluster |
| Coordinates | 10 h 18 min - 46° 25' (Vel) |
| Description | NGC 3201 was discovered by Sir
John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope with an 18-inch f/13 speculum
telescope. He recorded it as "globular cluster, irregularly round,
gbM, not v m comp, 6', resolved into stars 13...15th mag."
It is mag 6.8 located 5.7° north-west of Mu Velorum. Dreyer calls
it very large (18'), roundish, and loose. It consists of mag. 13-16
stars. A good object for visual observation with a 6" or larger
telescope under dark skies.
The field of view is 37 x 25 arcminutes with north to the left. |
| Exposure | LRGB 45:12:12:9 min @ -20°C ; all exposures unbinned |
| 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, Registar, PixInsight V.1, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 03Apr2005 @ 01:30 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 5-6, Seeing 6, Temperature + 13°C |
