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 |