Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M68
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M68
Object: M68 (NGC4590)
Globular Cluster
 Const.: Hydra
Camera: HX916 Scope: Vixen R200SS Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 17x60s TeleVue Paracorr
The globular cluster M68 in Hydra. This image is a stack of 17 sixty second exposures using a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian with a coma corrector. The image was calibrated, defect corrected and stacked, then a simple linear stretch was performed, all using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1260x1020.