M19 - Split Globular Cluster
Photo description / processing
M19 - a "flattened" globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. The cluster's shape is distorted by the Milky Way's tidal forces.
The object's declination is less than -26 degrees, and its altitude during imaging was about 12 degrees. Shot from a high-rise balcony, in a red zone of light pollution.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher 130PDS
- Camera
- Canon EOS 550D
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher EQ5
- Guide Scope
- No guide
- Accessories
- Sky-Watcher Coma Corrector 2-inch
- Software
- DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, PhotoShop
- Location
- Kharkiv, Ukraine
Light pollution
Red, Bortle 7 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 240 × 20″ · ISO/Gain: 3200 ·
Total exposure: 1 h 20 m









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