18 Jul 2023
NGC 1466
NGC 1466 (ESO 54-16 and others) is a Shapley-Sawyer class VI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster associated with the Large Magellanic Cloud approximately 158,000 light-years away in Hydrus.
Luminance – 32x300s – 160 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 32:34:35x300s – 160:170:175 minutes each – binned 1x1
665 minutes total exposure – 11 hours 5 minutes
Imaged over seventeen nights in April, August, September, October and November, 2022 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/53056176588/sizes/l/
NGC 1466
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 56.1375 Dec -71.66667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................04 Apr 2022 - 15 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 284 | 3h | 38 |
| Green | 300 | 3h10m | 38 |
| Red | 292 | 3h | 37 |
| Blue | 324 | 3h20m | 37 |