elpajare
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Post by elpajare on Apr 28, 2017 14:43:54 GMT
Discovered by William Herschel in 1784 in his 19-inch f/13, this small, obscure globular cluster is one of the few deep sky objects of note in the constellation Libra. Herschel recorded NGC 5897 as "a very close, compressed cluster of stars 8' or 9' in diameter, extremely rich, of an irregular round figure, a little extended. The stars are so small as hardly to be visible, and so accumulated in the middle as to look nebulous." 3 centuries after we can see it from the backyard EXPO= 12x14" stacked with Infinity software and some Histogram work.
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Post by Dragon Man on Apr 28, 2017 15:39:27 GMT
Niiiiice!
Good looking little Globular. Nicely captured.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2017 15:57:19 GMT
Nicely done. I'm working on an observing project of the Herschel 400 (link below) and NGC 5897 is the only object in the constellation Libra in the 400. So I'll be visiting this object soon. Hopefully I can capture an image as nice as yours. www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/herschel/h400lstc.html
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