AndrewSingleton
M56 Globular Cluster
A Globular Cluster in the constellation Lyra approximately 32,900 light-years from Earth and measures roughly 84 light-years across. The cluster has an estimated age of 13.70 billion years and is following a retrograde orbit through the Milky Way. (Wikipedia)
20 180s lights (1hour) with flats and bias. Dithered.
Telescope: - Skywatcher 130PDS Newtonian.
Camera: - Nikon D3100.
ISO: 400. Automated white balance
Filters: - Baader Mark-III MPCC Coma Corrector. IDAS D2 Light Pollution Suppression Filter
Flats taken with a Huion L4S Light Box and a white t-shirt.
Wireless Remote: PIXEL TW-283 DC2 2.4G.
Mount: - Skywatcher EQ6R.
Guiding: Skywatcher EvoGuide 50ED & ZWO ASI120MM-Mini.
Polar Aligned with SharpCap Pro.
Control Software: - Stellarium Scope, Stellarium, Poth Hub, EQMOD, All Sky Plate Solver, PHD Guiding 2 and PHD Dither Timer.
Processing Software: Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and edited in Star Tools.
Moon: 6 day/see my prior picture!
Light Pollution and Location: - Bortle 8 in Davyhulme, Manchester.
Seeing: - Average. It’s hot in Manchester at the moment and permanently clear however a bit musty.
Notes: - With this object being so close to the milky way there are so many stars. From a processing point of view, I am not sure what is noise and what is just general nebulosity. This poses new challenges that I have not had before. I think I need to do some reading up on this.
This picture is far more satisfying than my previous deep sky attempt on the Sunflower galaxy, I think I’ll look to take some more pictures around the milky way in the immediate future. Lots of stuff to choose from but it would seem most are too big for my setups field of view. I may as well try anyway, and see what happens.
M56 Globular Cluster
A Globular Cluster in the constellation Lyra approximately 32,900 light-years from Earth and measures roughly 84 light-years across. The cluster has an estimated age of 13.70 billion years and is following a retrograde orbit through the Milky Way. (Wikipedia)
20 180s lights (1hour) with flats and bias. Dithered.
Telescope: - Skywatcher 130PDS Newtonian.
Camera: - Nikon D3100.
ISO: 400. Automated white balance
Filters: - Baader Mark-III MPCC Coma Corrector. IDAS D2 Light Pollution Suppression Filter
Flats taken with a Huion L4S Light Box and a white t-shirt.
Wireless Remote: PIXEL TW-283 DC2 2.4G.
Mount: - Skywatcher EQ6R.
Guiding: Skywatcher EvoGuide 50ED & ZWO ASI120MM-Mini.
Polar Aligned with SharpCap Pro.
Control Software: - Stellarium Scope, Stellarium, Poth Hub, EQMOD, All Sky Plate Solver, PHD Guiding 2 and PHD Dither Timer.
Processing Software: Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and edited in Star Tools.
Moon: 6 day/see my prior picture!
Light Pollution and Location: - Bortle 8 in Davyhulme, Manchester.
Seeing: - Average. It’s hot in Manchester at the moment and permanently clear however a bit musty.
Notes: - With this object being so close to the milky way there are so many stars. From a processing point of view, I am not sure what is noise and what is just general nebulosity. This poses new challenges that I have not had before. I think I need to do some reading up on this.
This picture is far more satisfying than my previous deep sky attempt on the Sunflower galaxy, I think I’ll look to take some more pictures around the milky way in the immediate future. Lots of stuff to choose from but it would seem most are too big for my setups field of view. I may as well try anyway, and see what happens.