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      NGC 5286 (CA 084)
      Wallpaper author:
      Andrew Macica

      28 May 2026

      NGC 5286 (CA 084)

      NGC 5286 (CA 084) is a globular cluster of stars located in the constellation Centaurus. (TheSky, Software Bisque)


      Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.


      Imaging Details:


      Observatory: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile

      Telescope: Planewave CDK24

      Aperture: 610 mm (24 inches), f/6.5

      Focal Length: 3962 mm

      Camera: FLI PL 9000 CCD

      Filters: LRGB

      Total Exposure: 7 hours 12 min.


      Image Processing: PixInsight 1.9.3 Lockhart (x64);

      BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator (RC Astro);

      Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4;

      Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.3


      Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 5286

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      NGC 5286 (CA 084)