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'My friend, I don't always photograph stars, but when I do, I prefer globular clusters.' M5 is a top favorite of mine (M13 holds the #1 spot) and I was excited to image it at 1650mm focal length. You can count the stars! (When William Herschel did it in 1791, he counted 200).
Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1650mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/7.5 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-03-05 to 2022-03-05 | |
| Lights: | 35 | |
| Exposure: | 30 | |
| Total exposure: | 17 m | |
| Ra: | 15h 18m 33.2s | |
| Dec: | +2° 04' 40.277 | |
| Size: | 28.432 x 18.956 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.285 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.284 arcsec/pixel |
M5 and 5Ser
2022-04-05