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Astrophotography by Mario Cogo |
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Astrophotography by Mario Cogo |
Omega Centauri - NGC 5139 |
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Situated in the constellation of Centaurus, Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest of all Globular Clusters in our Milky Way. It is a tipical Southern Hemisphere object and if observed through a telescope it shows an spectacular vision. |
| - Date / Location : | 20/05/2001 from Roques de los Muchachos "La Palma" (Canary Island - Spain) |
| - Optics / Lens : | Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm f/6 EDFS with AP Field Flattener - Nikon F3 |
| - Mount / Guide : | Astro-Physics GE-600E GTO autoguided by SBIG ST4 |
| - Exposure / Film : | Composite of one 20, one 10 and one 5-minute exposure on un-hypered Kodak PJ400 Film |
| - Processing : | Film scanned at 2700 dpi with Nikon CoolScan LS30 scanner, enhanced with Adobe Photoshop 6.0 |
| - Note : | Dry climate , very windy |
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