- Description: - M54 - Globular cluster in Sagittarius. 12 arc minutes in diameter, magnitude 7.7.
A single short shot as this is tough to image from Calgary, rising no more than 18.5 degrees above the horizon.
Longer exposures would blur the image further.
- A.K.A. - Herschel H 3763 (John Herschel), NGC6715
- Camera: SBIG ST-F8300M at -15C
- Filter: Baader RGB filter set
- Scope: Takahashi FSQ-106 - 530mm at f5
- Guiding: SBIG ST-i and OAG
- Exposure: 1 x 5 minutes per colour
- Location: near Cayley, Alberta, Canada
- Date: September 4 2013
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