M53 Globular Cluster in Coma Berenices
Date: March 19, 2010
Camera: SBIG ST6303E
Filters: AstroDon L,R,G,B (CFW8A filter wheel)
Camera control software: CCDSoft
Focal reducer: None
Guiding/adaptive optics: SBIG AO-L/MOAG-A off axis guider
Camera temperature: -20C
Image Acquisition Software: None
Telescope: RCOS 16 Carbon Tube, Aries optics, F9
Telescope control software: RCOS TCC, TheSky6
Mount: Paramount ME (MKS 4000)
Subexposures:
Luminance: 7 x 4 minute, unbinned
RGB: 6 x 4 minute Red, 3 x 4 minute Green and Blue, binned 2x2
Conditions: light haze, variable seeing
Processing: CCDStack, Photoshop CS4.
M53 Globular
Cluster in
Coma
Berenices