M15
Photo description / processing
The globular cluster was shot in the L channel from a balcony in Moscow with an Askar 103apo using the 1x lucky technique (2-sec subs), 2 hours total integration.
Color was added from Uzunovo (south of Moscow Oblast) with a Newton 250 f/3.6, 30 minutes per channel (2-min subs), shot by Dima (smol69).
The green (emerald) star at 11 o'clock from the center turned out to be a tricky puzzle for many. Let me say right away, this is not a processing error, which is confirmed by the color of the other stars — it is quite accurate. I won't write the answer, I'll only give a hint: emerald stars don't exist, everyone knows that, and with a color camera this star would never come out emerald. The whole trick is in shooting color with a monochrome camera through RGB filters.
Shot August-September 2026.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Askar 103apo 1x, Newton 250/3.6
- Camera
- qhyiii585m, asi533mm
- Mount
- EQ5, Paramount MYT
- Guide Scope
- Off-Axis Guider (OAG)
- Accessories
- LRGB
- Software
- Siril, FitStacker, GraXpert, Adobe Photoshop
- Location
- Москва, Russia





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