M79

January 3, 2007

This is a combination of 80 images, each of 15 seconds The images were taken with a SBIG ST-10 3 CCD Camera attached to an Meade RCX400 12" F/7.3 telescope. This used 2x2 binning. Each of the images was corrected with a dark frame and a flat field.

Full Moon

This is a globular that I tend to forget since it is in the winter sky. Its estimated distance is 50,000ly and width is about 110ly


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