Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 5986, Bennett 70 |
| Object type | Globular cluster |
| Coordinates | 15 h 46 min - 37° 47' (Lup) |
| Description | NGC 5986 is located 4° NW of
Gamma Lupi. One of Dreyer's remarkable objects, he describes
this globular as very bright (mag 7.1), large
(9.8'), round, and very gradually brightening toward the middle with
stars of mag 13 to 15.
Click on the image for a higher resolution version and notice the nice population of blue 'horizontal branch' stars. The field of view is 37 x 25 arcminutes with north towards the bottom. |
| Exposure | LRGB 40:12:12:12 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, CCDSharp, PixInsight V.1, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 09Apr2005 @ 07:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8, Seeing 8, Temperature + 7°C |
