NGC 6229 (Globular Cluster in Hercules)

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Date: June, 2008
Location: Elizabeth, CO. ~6500 ft alt. Mag 5 skies
Telescope: 16" f/4.9 Newtonian w/ Keller/Wynne coma corrector
Exposure Duration:  Total 150 mins = 15 ten min subexposures, -15 deg C
Imager: SBIG ST-2000XCM
Filtration: Custom Scientific luminance filter
Guiding: Self-guided
Seeing: ~2"
Comments: Each subimage calibrated in CCDOps. Color conversion and median/summing in Maxim. Deconvolution/DDP/sharpening performed in CCDStack

 


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