M53
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M53 is a globular cluster that is about 58,000 lightyears from our solar system and nearly the same distance (60,000 lightyears) from our galaxy core.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-02-12 to 2022-02-12 | |
| Lights: | 150 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 25 m | |
| Ra: | 13h 12m 56.3s | |
| Dec: | +18° 10' 24.232 | |
| Size: | 34.363 x 30.926 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.385 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.412 arcsec/pixel |
