NGC 5139 Omega Centauri

Omega Centauri (NGC 5139) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus, at a distance of 15.8 kly from Earth. Taken with a full moon and focused with a Bahtinov mask. Size: 85.6 x 56.7 arcmin, Pixel scale: 1.69 arcsec/pixel

Image Details

Camera Nikon D50

Scope ED127

Mount EQ6-Pro

Guiding WO Megrez 72FD, PHD, QHY5

Exposure 2min x 10

Location Donvale

Date 2009-06-05

Coordinates RA: 13h 26m 29s
DEC: -47° 29' 53"

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Annotations Deep sky Emission Stars Grid

Annotations generated from the plate solve · OpenNGC · Sharpless · RCW · LBN · HYG