NGC 104 – 47 Tucanae – Globular Star Cluster
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- Target Information
- 47 Tucanae is the second brightest and largest globular star cluster in the night sky. The cluster contains several million stars.
- Date
- Sep 2005
- Camera
- SBIG 2000XM -20C
- Filters
- SBIG CFW8A Clear IR Blocking
- Exposure
- Total Time: 15 seconds
- Luminance: 15 seconds
- Telescope
- William Optics 80ED
- Mount
- Paramount ME
- Processing
- CCDSoft V5, MaximDL & Photoshop
- Notes
- This was a quick 15 second test shot, which I thought turned out okay for such a short exposure.
- Target Location
- Right Ascension: 0 : 24.4 (hours:minutes)
- Declination: -72 : 2.9 (degrees:minutes)
- Visual Brightness: 4.0 (magnitude)
- Apparent Dimension: 54 (arc minutes)