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The Great Peacock Globular - NGC 6752

NGC 6752, also known as the Great Peacock Globular or the Pavo Cluster, is a globular cluster in the constellation Pavo.

It is the fourth-brightest globular cluster in the sky, after Omega Centauri, 47 Tucanae and Messier 22, respectively. It is best seen from June to October in the Southern Hemisphere.

 

Imaged using a 8" SCT (at the native 2032mm focal length), with a QHY268M camera.

 

The total exposure time of this image for all of the LRGB filters was 6 hours and 2 minutes.

Exposures: L:34x300s @ FW:31, R:20x120s G:19x180s B:19x300s @ HCG:62/OFS:25

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Uploaded on May 9, 2022
Taken on May 7, 2022