Diamond Cluster Caldwell 96 NGC 2516

Posted: Apr 20th, 2026

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Telescope/Lens: ASA 500N

Camera: FLI ProLine 16803

Mount: ASA DDM85

Software: Siril, GraXpert, Lightroom, StarNet++

Exposure:

2 x 300" ISO/Gain: 0 - Astrodon R

2 x 300" ISO/Gain: 0 - Astrodon G

2 x 300" ISO/Gain: 0 - Astrodon B

2 x 300" ISO/Gain: 0 - Astrodon L

Blue, Bortle 3 zone:

Observatorio El Sauce Rio Hurtado , Chile

40 m

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Truly scorching diamonds in the company of several red giants. An addition to the Caldwell catalog. Instrument: CHI-2-CCD

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How do you make such beautiful stars?)))

21 Apr, 2026 Reply

Poppy8micro Replied to Poiskovik_rzn

Thank you very much, I think the credit goes to the 9nm pixel, not me. Overall, I usually perform Richardson-Lucy deconvolution, spectrophotometry, and boost saturation across all channels while shifting the blue hue for them to avoid a greenish cast if I didn't use snr.

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