Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 5927, Bennett 69 |
| Object type | Globular cluster |
| Coordinates | 15h 28 min - 50° 40' Lupus (Lup) |
| Description | In an area with considerable
stellar absorption, NGC 5927 shines at mag 8.3 amidst a fine starry field
of the far southern constellation of Lupus (the Wolf). It is broadly
compressed and contains stars of mag 15 and fainter. Distance is
about 24.000 light years.
Click here or on the image to see NGC 5927 in higher resolution. The field of view is 37 x 25 arc minutes. North is up (0°). |
| Exposure | NRGB 40:20:20:20 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, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 20Jul2006 @ 00:30 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8/10, Seeing 6-7/10, Temperature + 15°C, wind |
