Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 5617, Bennett 65 |
| Object type | Open cluster |
| Coordinates | 14 h 30 min - 60° 43' Centaurus (Cen) |
| Description | NGC5617 is a mag 6.3 open
cluster located 1.2 degrees west of Alpha Centauri, just north of an
imaginary line drawn between Alpha and Beta. Dreyer's description reads:
" large (10'), richer in stars to the west (about 80 total), with a
compressed middle. It contains stars of magnitude 8 and fainter."
In the lower right corner is the very faint cluster Pismis 19. The field of view is 25 x 18 arcminutes with north towards the left. |
| Exposure | RGB 16:16:16 min @ -25°C ; all exposures 4 min 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) - 05Jul2005 @ 00:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8/10, Seeing 5/10, Temperature + 7°C |
