M53

Globular Cluster in Coma Berenices

 

 

Optics Celestron 80ED @ f/7.5, guided with an 8" LX200 Classic @ f/5.9
Mount LX200
Camera Starlight Xpress SXV-M7
Filter Astronomik RGBIIc filters
Exposure 300 minutes over two nights @ 10 min. subs
Processing Acquired in AstroArt3,DDP. , final work in Photoshop7
Date 05.25.06
Location Elk Grove, CA
Notes Seeing and transparency average to poor.  Strong gusty winds limited the FWHM values to around 6-7 ArcSec/Pixels.  My 80ED really undersamples the image too much with my SXV-M7, for anything other than nebula.  The detail is not what it should be.  Globulars need to be imaged with my LX200.