Antilhue - Chile

NGC 4833 in Musca
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Image Data

Designation NGC 4833,  Bennett 56,  Caldwell 105
Object type Globular cluster
Coordinates 13h 00 min    - 70° 53'    Musca  (Mus)
Description NGC 4833 is a fine southern globular cluster described as bright ( mag 7.4 ), large ( 13.5 arcmins),  round,  strongly condensed,  with stars at mag 12 and fainter.  It sits 0.7° NNW of Delta Muscae.

Click on the image for a higher resolution rendering.  The field of view is  37 x 25 arcminutes with north towards the top.

Exposure LRGB 50:12:12:12 min @ -20°C ;  all exposures unbinned
Camera SBIG STL-11000 with Astronomik Type 2 filterset  -  selfguided
Optics RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 (prime focus)
Mount Astro-Physics AP1200GTO
Software MaxIm DL/CCD,  Sigma Pre Beta,  Registar,  Adobe Photoshop CS
Location - Date - Time San Esteban (Chile) - 11Apr2005 @ 04:30 UTC
Conditions Transparency 8,  Seeing 8, Temperature  + 8°C