Jim Burnell's CCD Images - Omega Centauri
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NGC 5139 - Omega Centauri
Object: NGC5139
Omega Centauri
Globular Cluster
Const.: Centaurus
Camera: ST-10XME Scope: Tele Vue NP101 Mount: AP1200
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 8x2m
0.8x Focal Reducer
The globular cluster NGC5139 a.k.a. Omega Centauri in Centaurus. This image is a stack of 8 two minute exposures acquired with an ST-10XME CCD camera through a Tele Vue NP101 4" f/5.4 refractor with a 0.8x focal reducer. The images were calibrated and stacked using AIP4WIN V2. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 2184x1472.
This image was taken at the Lake Atitlán, Guatemala observatory of Adriana Sherman