Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 5824, Bennett 67 |
| Object type | Globular cluster |
| Coordinates | 15 h 04 min - 33° 04' Lupus (Lup) |
| Description | NGC5824 is a globular
cluster located in Lupus, the Wolf, near the Centaurus
border. Of strongly condensed type, its description reads: fairly
bright (mag 9), small (6.2 arcsecs) and with a stellar nucleus.
Individual stars are mag 15.5 and fainter, a challenge to resolve for a
12" telescope under good conditions. It is an impressive 110 000
light years distant.
Click on the image for a higher resolution version. The field of view is 37 x 25 arcminutes with north towards the top. |
| Exposure | NRGB 50:16:16:16 min @ -25°C ; all exposures unbinned, no filter on luminance |
| Camera | SBIG STL-11000 with Astronomik Type 2 RGB filterset - selfguided |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 (prime focus) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, PixInsight V.1, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 05Jun2005 @ 01:30 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8/10, Seeing 5/10, Temperature + 8°C |
