| Designation |
NGC 104, 47 Tuc,
Bennett 2 |
| Constellation |
Tucana (Tuc) |
| Description |
This wonderful globular cluster,
also known as 47 Tuc, is crowded with innumerable stars steadily
increasing to the dense, very bright center. The height of this image is
about 30 arcmin, equivalent to the size of the full moon. 47 Tuc rivals
Omega Centauri for the title of the most beautiful globular in the sky and
is about 16.000 lightyears away.
Here is a wider field with
the neighbouring Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and a higher resolution color
image taken with a Ritchey-Chretien reflecting telescope.
|
| Exposure |
L 10 min @ -18°C |
| Camera |
SBIG ST-10XE selfguided + CFW8
with SBIG/CS Filterset |
| Optics |
Astro-Physics AP155EDFS @ f/7.2
(prime focus) |
| Mount |
Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software |
MaxIm DL/CCD, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 |
| Location - Date - Time |
San Esteban (Chile) - 30Sep02 @ 06:00
UTC |
| Conditions |
Transparency 6, Seeing 5, Temperature
+8°C |
