Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 4372, Bennett 50, Caldwell 108 |
| Object type | Globular cluster |
| Coordinates | 12 h 26 min - 72° 40' (Mus) |
| Description | NGC 4372 is another globular
cluster described as fairly faint (mag 7.8) and large (18.6'),
round, with stars from mag 12-16. Its location in a dusty area
of Musca near the 'Dark Doodad' nebula and 0.7° SW of Gamma Muscae,
accounts for the blue extinction and turns it into a visually challenging
object. For reference: the bright foreground star is mag 6.6 .
South is up in this approx. 37 x 25 arcminutes field of view. |
| Exposure | LRGB 30:9:9:9 min @ -20°C ; all exposures 3 min 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, PixInsight V.1, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 03Apr2005 @ 05:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 5-6, Seeing 6, Temperature + 13°C |
