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      M55, an elderly GC (LRGB)
      Wallpaper author:
      Dev Prana

      19 Apr 2026

      M55, an elderly GC (LRGB)

      M55 is estimated to be about 12.5 billion years old, and thus contains very old stars, mostly of spectral types F to K and evolved red giants. Despite being in Sagittarius, where dust is abundant, M55 is located in a relatively dust-free region, so extinction in its direction is less than typical for that constellation. Approx. 4 and half hours of LRGB data from the remote Telescope Live observatory in Chile. Pre and Post processing in Pixinsight with final touch-ups in Paintshop Pro ultimate. Full details on Astrobin:


      https://app.astrobin.com/u/devprana?i=o8obui

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M55

      3 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Globular Cluster
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 294.9988 Dec -30.9648
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        15 Sept 2023 - 07 Nov 2023
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Blue2571h14
      Red19345m14
      Luminance4711h50m14
      Green2771h13

      M55, an elderly GC (LRGB)