24 Jan 2023
NGC 4372
NGC 4372 (Caldwell 108) is a Shapley-Sawyer class XII (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2%80%93Sawyer_Concentration_Class) globular cluster located approximately 18,900 light-years away in Musca.
Luminance – 4x600s – 40 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 4x600s – 40 minutes each – binned 1x1
160 minutes total exposure – 2 hours 40 minutes
Imaged February 7th, 8th 9th and 13th, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
This is a Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-Click Observation.”
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/52645842839/sizes/l/
See my wider image here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/52642218812/sizes/l/.
NGC 4372
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 186.43929 Dec -72.65911
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................08 Feb 2021 - 14 Feb 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| Red | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| Green | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| Blue | 600 | 40m | 4 |