AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener
FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7
LRGB = 10 6 6 6min (all bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-35C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats)
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

For the full set of images produced from this data set see:
www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/omega_centauri

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AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener
FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7
LRGB = 10 6 6 6min (all bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
-35C chip temp, darks and flats (AstroHandy LightRing used for flats)
Image scale = 1.6"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9

For the full set of images produced from this data set see:
www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/omega_centauri

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This relatively wide field (1.7deg X 1.1deg) ilustrates the enormous size of of Omega Centauri on our sky. Composed of several million stars, including many giant blue and red stars, it is the largest globular and one of the closest.

AP152 F7.5 Starfire APO refractor with 4" field flattener
FLI ProLine11002 CCD & CFW-2-7
LRGB = 10 6 6 6min (all bin 1X1) Astronomik filters
AstroHandy LightRing used for flats
FOV = 1.7deg X 1.1deg
Image scale = 1.4"/pix
Guide Camera: Starlightxpress SXVH9
Astroart4 for camera control and processing

Tags:   astro:RA=201.713956786 astro:Dec=-47.4663309291 astro:pixelScale=5.58 astro:orientation=174.10 astro:fieldsize=1.59 x 1.06 degrees astro:name=NGC 5139 astro:name=omega Cen Astrometrydotnet:version=13838 Astrometrydotnet:id=alpha-201003-70788650 Astrometrydotnet:status=solved

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Kappa Crucis, better known as the Jewel Box star cluster, is arguably the finest open star cluster in the sky and one can only imagine the night sky, dotted with many brilliant colourful stars, when viewed from a planet orbiting one of the central stars.

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