M15 in 2023
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I don't often photograph clusters, but with my high powered telescope and new camera I wanted to capture M15: the Pegasus Cluster. It's believed to be a collection of hundreds of thousands of some of the oldest stars in the universe.
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Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1635mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/6.225 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2023-11-19 to 2023-11-19 | |
| Lights: | 20 | |
| Exposure: | 180 | |
| Total exposure: | 60 m | |
| Ra: | 21h 30m 01.4s | |
| Dec: | +12° 09' 43.327 | |
| Size: | 020.40 x 014.10 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 000.206 deg | |
| Scale: | 000.19 arcsec/pixel |
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