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Omega Centauri

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NGC 5139 – Omega Centauri Globular Cluster – OSC v1

And one more. ;-) Of course, Omega Centauri aka NGC 5139 is a jewel in the southern sky and a go-to-target. So Omega Centauri’s photons were the “first light” for the ASI 2600 MC Duo on the AK3 astrograph, but I messed up focussing and had to redo it later.

All three globular clusters here in the blog were processed in PixInsight and Lightroom with the same color calibration and processing steps. Interestingly enough, their appearance varies quite a bit!

Also compare this with be previous image of Omega Centauri.

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Flickering Globular Cluster

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Messier 62 – Flickering Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus – OSC v2

Another globular cluster, only about 9 degrees from M4 towards the constellation Ophiuchus, Messier 62 or NGC 6266 against the dense background star field of the Milky Way.

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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.

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Great Peacock Globular

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Great Peacock Globular – NGC 6752 in Pavo – LRGB v1

Enough SHO images, here’s something in plain LRGB, NGC 6752, the Great Peacock Globular Cluster in Pavo.

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Fluffy Globular Cluster

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NGC 5139 – Omega Centauri Globular Cluster – LRGB v1

The first light of the new IAS remote telescope at Hakos, Namibia. NGC 5139 aka Omega Centauri, the most massive known globular cluster in the Milky Way.

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47 Tuc Cluster

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47 Tuc Globular Cluster – VdS Remote Telescope, Hakos, Namibia – Oct 2023 – RGB v1

My personal first test run with the VdS remote telescope, also based at Hakos, Namibia. A well known target deep in the southern skies here, the 47 Tucanae globular cluster, near the Small Magellanic Cloud, also known as NGC 104.

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