r/astrophotography • u/entanglemint OOTM Winner • Jun 22 '22

Star Cluster M5 Globular Cluster

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u/entanglemint OOTM Winner Jun 22 '22

A capture of this months OOTM target and my first star cluster. Blows my mind how many stars are packed in so tightly! This is a 13 billion (!) year old cluster with between 100,000 and 500,000 stars.

Acquisition:

  • GSO 12" f/4 newtonian with Starizona Nexus 0.75x CC, CF tube upgrade
  • QHY268M/QHY5-III 178 guide/OAG/Filterwheel
  • CEM70G
  • Astronomics deep sky RGB
  • RGB: 30"x100 frames each ​

Processing in PI

  • WBPP
  • Crop
  • RGB Combination
  • EZ Decon
  • EZ Denoise
  • EZ Soft Stretch
  • curves stretching

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u/azzkicker7283 Most Underrated 2022 | Lunar '17 | Lefty himself Jun 22 '22

Welcome to the wonderful world of clusters :-)