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M13 (1st attempt). Done a while back when I was learning. SBIG ST7-E/CFW8 with Meade filters. Luminance only.
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M3 Globular Cluster, or NGC5272. In constellation Canes Venatici. 33,000 light years away. Magnitude 6.2. Made up of about 500,000 stars and is estimated to be about 8 billion years old. 2.25 hrs. in LRGB.
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Omega Centauri (NGC 5139). Taken in New Zealand. 10-4 minute subs.
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M3 Collaboration. Bob Runyan took data he had on M3 and combined it with my data, and was able to get even more detail from this Globular Cluster.
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M13 (2nd attempt). Done with a SBIG ST10-XME/CFW8a and Astrodon filters. 80 minutes in LRGB
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Globular Cluster M5. 80 minutes LRGB. AT6RC/ SBIG10-XME/CFW8a with Astrodon filters.
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M92 (or NGC 6341) in Hercules. Apparent magnitude of +6.3 Approx. 26,700 light years away. Age is approx. the same as the universe. (About 14 billion years old)
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