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      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
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Globular Cluster
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 294.9988 Dec -30.9647
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        25 Sept 2019 - 09 Sept 2021
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance2651h55m26
      Red3692h40m26
      Green2761h55m25
      Blue2882h25

      M55 Sagittarii