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Messier 55 (M55) - The Specter Cluster
This is a globular cluster located in the southern part of the
constellation Sagittarius. It sits about 17,600 light-years away
from us and contains around 269,000 solar masses. Its estimated age
is around 12.3 billion years which makes is very old. As with most
older clusters it is low on metal content (low metallicity)
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Omega Centauri - NGC 5139
In 1677 Edmond Halley first found the first object that was
identified as a non-stellar object. This globular cluster is located 17,090
light-years away from us and resides in the constellation
Centaurus, the Centaur. It is around 150 light-years in diameter
and contains approximately 10 millions stars packed tightly together.
It is also believed to be the stripped core of a captured dwarf galaxy
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- Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile
- Date: September
- Mount: Mathis MI-1000
- Telescope: Planewave CDK24 f/6.6
- Camera: FLI PL9000 @-25c CHI-1 CCD
- Exposure: 5 and 10min LRGB combined (9hrs 15min)
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- Location: El Sauce Observatory, Chile
- Date: January 01, 2020
- Mount: Mathis MI-1000
- Telescope: Planewave CDK24 f/6.6
- Camera: FLI PL9000 @-25c CHI-1 CCD
- Exposure: 133x5 min LRGB 11hrs 5min
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