One of the brightest globular clusters, visual magnitude 5.8. Composite of 53 (out of 230) 40-second exposures. Click image for large version.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Stretch contrast in GIMP
May 2, 2004
One of the objects that inspired Messier to create his catalog. Visual magnitude 6.3. Composite of 60 (out of 282) 40-second exposures. Click image for large, color version.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Stretch contrast, Unsharp mask in GIMP
May 7, 2004
Hercules Cluster
The great globular cluster in Hercules. Magnitude 5.9. Composite of 129 (out of 311) 40-second exposures. Click image for large, full color view. Note the lone bright blue star on the SE edge.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Convert to B&W, Stretch contrast, Unsharp Mask
May 13, 2004
Another great, but more compact globular in Hercules. Magnitude 6.4. Composite of 63 (out of 300) 40-second exposures. Color capture converted to B&W.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7.5
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Stretch contrast, Unsharp Mask in GIMP
May 30, 2004
A dimmer (magnitude 7.6) globular cluster. Composite of 40-second exposures. Full color.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite in Registax, Adjust levels, Stretch contrast
February 12, 2004
Hercules Cluster
The great globular cluster in Hercules. (This was my first deep sky photo that showed the object.) Composite of 34, 10-second exposures.
Telescope: Meade ETX-105 EC at f/7
Camera: MI-1300 CMOS sensor
Image Processing: Composite/34 in Registax, Convert to B&W, Stretch contrast
August 26, 2003 9:42pm PDT