Spider Globular Cluster

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Messier 4 – Spider Globular Cluster in Scorpius – OSC v3

More processed OSC data with the ASI 2600 MC Duo and the IAS 20″ telescope AK3, featuring the globular cluster Messier 4 aka NGC 6121.

Notable change to my previously shown OSC workflow: I used “K2V star” as the white reference for SpectrophotometricColorCalibration. Standard “Average spiral galaxy” yielded stars, which were too “golden” for my taste, thus this bluer/colder rendition.

See also at Astrobin.

IAS – Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V. – Hakos Observatory, Namibia
IAS 20″ AK3 Newtonian Astrograph, 4″ Wynne Coma Corrector, f/3.7, custom English mount with FS2, off axis guiding, ASI2600MC Duo
127 x 60s, gain 100, offset 50, -5C, 30 flats, 50 bias, 30 darks
Total time: 7620s / 2h07
Data acquisition: N.I.N.A
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight WBPP
Image processing: PixInsight, BlurXTerminator, Lightroom

20-inch ak3, NA, ak3, astrofotografie, astronomie, astronomy, astrophotography, globular cluster, hakos, hakos guest farm, ias, ias observatory, ias observatory hakos, khomas, kugelsternhaufen, m4, messier, namibia, ngc, ngc6121, scorpius, star, star cluster, stars, stern, sterne, sternhaufen, world
Messier 4 – Spider Globular Cluster in Scorpius – OSC v3 Annotated