M70 - LRGB
Messier 70 (NGC 6681 and others) is a Shapley-Sawyer class V (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentratio...) globular cluster located approximately 30,000 light-years away in Sagittarius.
Luminance – 25x300s – binned 1x1 – 125 minutes
RGB – 8x180s – 24 minutes each – binned 2x2
197 minutes total exposure – 3 hours 17 minutes
Imaged June 16th and July 11th, 12th, 13th and 23rd, 2024 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.
M70 - LRGB
Messier 70 (NGC 6681 and others) is a Shapley-Sawyer class V (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentratio...) globular cluster located approximately 30,000 light-years away in Sagittarius.
Luminance – 25x300s – binned 1x1 – 125 minutes
RGB – 8x180s – 24 minutes each – binned 2x2
197 minutes total exposure – 3 hours 17 minutes
Imaged June 16th and July 11th, 12th, 13th and 23rd, 2024 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.