M55 Sagittarii
    Wallpaper author:
    Steve Teel

    06 Feb 2026

    M55 Sagittarii

    Processed using APP, PixInsight with WBPP, SPCC, BXT, NXT, SXT, ImageBlend, GHS, and Affinity Photo 2.


    I used WBPP to process exposure-time groups and then APP to combine them. Rather than RAS, I applied Adam Block's technique of using ImageBlend to combine an unstretched copy with a MaskStretched copy in order to directly control the superimposition of the brightest stars onto the star mass.

    Dataset from which the image was processed

    M55

    7 credit

    Open
    • Type of target
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      Globular Cluster
    • Camera
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      FLI ProLine PL9000
    • Target coordinates
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      RA 294.9988 Dec -30.9647
    • Hemisphere
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      Southern
    • Telescope location
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      Chile
    • Transient event
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      No
    • Observed on
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      25 Sept 2019 - 09 Sept 2021
    Filter
    Avg Exp (s)
    Total Exposure
    Subframes
    Luminance2651h55m26
    Red3692h40m26
    Green2761h55m25
    Blue2882h25

    M55 Sagittarii