NGC 5466 "Snowball"

 Posted: Apr 29th, 2026
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: SharpStar 13028HNT
Camera: ZWO ASI585MC
Mount: МТ-120
Guide Scope: ED kenko 60 -400mm
Guide Camera: T7m
Software: NINA, Pixlnsight, ФШ
Exposure:
55 x 60" ISO/Gain: 200 - UV/IR
Orange, Bortle 6 zone:
 Ekaterinburg Rayon Ozera Gluhoe, Russia
 Apr 28th, 2026
55 m
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Resolution: 3500x2374 px
Scale: 1435 KB
Spring, moon at 60%, twilight — time to shoot globular clusters.

The Snowball Cluster, a rarely imaged globular cluster.

The globular cluster **NGC 5466** was discovered on May 17, 1784, by German-British astronomer William Herschel. It is a loose globular cluster of concentration class XII.

Diameter: 9 arcminutes
Visual magnitude: 9.2 mag
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