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Gallery of Globular Cluster images taken with my 8 " LX200 telescope / ST-7E Camera and 12" LX200R telescope/ST-10XME camera
Being compact and relatively bright, globular clusters make good telescope
subjects.
This page shows range of
M13 Globular cluster (Hercules) | ||
Hand-Drawing (1999) | CCD Colour Image (2005) | |
Inverted from Original Sketches, F10/8" LX200 26mm, x77, 41' FOV 1999-08-28 |
Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 3x30s (average) with x1.8 weighting Green 3x30s (average), Red 3x30s (average) 2005-06-06 23:19 h UT (#88004-15) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M92 Globular cluster (Hercules) | ||
Hand-Drawing (1999) | CCD Colour Image (2005) | |
Inverted from Original Sketches, F10/8" LX200 26mm, x77, 41' FOV 1999-08-28 |
CCD Colour Image (LRGB) Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 3x30s (average) with x1.15 weighting Green 3x20s (average), Red 3x20s (average) 2005-06-06 23:38 h UT (#88023-34) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M2 (Aquarius) |
CCD Image (Logarithmic Scaling) 5 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:59 h UT (#92080-84) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M3 (Canes Venatici) |
CCD Image (50% size reduction, log scaling cropped) 15s sec exposure (single frame), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-05-51 00:08 h UT (#371125) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME [Larger Image - detail ] |
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M4 (Scorpius) |
CCD Image (cropped to central area & 60% size reduction) 4 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-05-26 23:21 h UT (#369078-82) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME [ Wider View ] Image at 5 deg above southern horizon |
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M5 (Serpens Caput) |
CCD Colour Image (LRGB) Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 5x30s (average) with x1.8 weighting Green 3x30s (average), Red 3x30s (average) 2005-06-10 00:46 h UT (#89034-47) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M9 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image (50% size reduction) 2 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-05-26 23:26 h UT (#369086-88) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME Image at 11 deg above SSE horizon |
M9 - detail |
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CCD Image (cropped) Image details as above |
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M10 (Ophiuchus) |
CCD Image 4 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:40 h UT (#92063-67) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M12 (Ophiuchus) |
CCD Image 5 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:51 h UT (#92072-76) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M13 (Hercules) |
CCD Colour Image (LRGB, Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 3x30s (average) with x1.8 weighting Green 3x30s (average), Red 3x30s (average) 2005-06-06 23:19 h UT (#88004-15) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
M13 (Hercules) |
CCD Image 120s Clear Filter 2005-06-06 23:26 h UT (#88020) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M14 (Ophiuchus) |
CCD Image 5 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:31 h UT (#92054-58) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M15 (Pegasus) |
CCD Image, 10s exposure 2003-08-22 22:13h UT (#52005) 11.4 x 7.6 arc sec 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
Pease I in M15 |
False Colour CCD Image (cropped) Blue & Green : 3 x 45s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, V Filter Red : 6 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, Ha Filter 2010-09-11 00:53hUT (#427158-66) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME [wider view] |
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M19 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image (35% size reduction) 5 x 15s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-06-25 23:36 h UT (#373045-49) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M19 - detail |
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CCD Image (70% size reduction, cropped) Image details as above |
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M22 (Sagittarus) |
CCD Image (75% size reduction, cropped) 5 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-07-02 23:16 h UT (#374033-37) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M28 (Sagittarus) |
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CCD Image (35% size reduction) 5 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-07-02 23:34 h UT (#374056-60) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M28 - detail |
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CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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M30 (Capricornus) |
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CCD Image (50% size reduction) 5 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-07-28 00:26 h UT (#378204-08) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M30 - detail |
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CCD Image (Normal size, cropped to central area Image details as above |
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M53 (Coma Berenices) |
CCD Image 5 x 20 sec (average combine), C Filter 2004-12-11 06:53 h UT (#79058-62) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
M53 - Mosaic |
CCD Image Mosaic (50% scaling) 60 sec exposure (3x3 frames), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-02-03 02:40h UT (#113098-106) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E (Full Size Mosaic) |
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M53 - detail |
CCD Image, square root brightness scaling 2 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-02 06:23h UT (#156075,77) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M56 Globular Cluster (Lyra) |
CCD Image 60s exposure, C filter 2005-10-02 21:35h UT (#96080) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M56 - detail |
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CCD Image (100% size, square root scale, cropped) 5 x 15s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-06-26 00:16 h UT (#373104-08) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M68 (Hydra) |
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CCD Image (cropped to central area) 5 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-05-11 21:54 h UT (#368017-21) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M71 (Sagitta) |
CCD Image, 3 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning C, Filter, Linear Scale 2007-08-23 00:03 h UT (#206167-69) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M72 (Aquarius) |
CCD Image 3 x 60 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 22:21 h UT (#92105-07) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M75 (Sagittarus) |
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CCD Image (66% size reduction, square root scaling, cropped) 10 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-07-02 23:39 h UT (#374063-72) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M75 - detail |
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CCD Image (100% size, log scale scaling, cropped) Image details as above |
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M80 (Scorpius) |
CCD Image (logscale, 50% size scaling) 5 x 30 sec exposure (median combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-04-22 00:57 h UT (#364264-68) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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M80 - detail |
CCD Image (logscale, cropped) Image details as above |
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M92 (Hercules) |
CCD Colour Image (LRGB) Luminance 3x20s (average), Blue 3x30s (average) with x1.15 weighting Green 3x20s (average), Red 3x20s (average) 2005-06-06 23:38 h UT (#88023-34) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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M107 (Ophiuchus) |
CCD Image 7 x 1 min (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 23:31 h UT (#86169-75) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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NGC 288 / Herschel VI-20 (Sculptor) Declination -26 deg. Taken whilst at altitude of 6 deg |
CCD Image (Linear scale, 75% size, cropped) 8 x 30 sec exposure, 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-09-20 00:51 h UT (#389377-81, 38900-02) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 2419 (Lynx) |
CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2011-01-29 21:14 h UT (#451119-23) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 2419 - detail |
CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 5053 (Coma Berenices) |
CCD Image 5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-02 06:23h UT (#156060-64) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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NGC 5466 / Herschel VI-9 (Bootes) |
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CCD Image 3 x 90s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-12-23 06:03 h UT (#336437-39) |
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NGC 5634 (Virgo) |
CCD Image (Log Scale, 35% size) 2 x 45s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2015-05-14 23:06 h UT (#589060-64) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME |
NGC 5634 - detail |
CCD Image (Log Scale, cropped) 3 x 30s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2015-05-14 23:06 h UT (#589055-58) 12" LX200R (at f/10.4) + ST-10XME [non-cropped image] |
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NGC 5897 (Libra) |
CCD Image (50% size scaling) 7 x 30 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-04-2200;48h UT (#364255-61) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 5897 - detail |
CCD Image (cropped) Image details as above |
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NGC 6229 (Hercules) |
CCD Image (35% size, square root scaling) 3 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2012-10-21 20:09 hUT (#517052-55) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 6229 - detail |
CCD Image (100% size, cropped) Square root scaling, gamma modified Image details as above |
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NGC 6342 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 3 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-05-26 23:31 h UT (#369092-96) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME Image at 10 deg above SSE horizon |
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NGC 6356 / Herschel I-48 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image (cropped) 4 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-05-26 23:43 h UT (#369111-15) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME Image at 12 deg above SSE horizon |
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NGC 6440 (Sagittarus) |
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CCD Image (66% size reduction, cropped) 5 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-07-02 23:04 h UT (#374014-18) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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NGC 6517 / Herschell 199-2 (Ophiuchus) |
CCD Image 3 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2008-09-03 21:30 UT (#299026-28) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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NGC 6712 (Scutum) |
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CCD Image (50% size reduction) 4 x 30s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-08-10 23:01 h UT (#383100-03) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
NGC 6712 - detail |
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CCD Image ( 100% size, cropped ) Image details as above |
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NGC 6934 / Caldwell 47 (Delphinus) |
CCD Image 3 x 60 sec exposure (average), 2x2 binning, clear filter 2006-08-06 02:25 h UT (#132339-41) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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NGC 7006 (Delphinus) |
CCD Image 3 x 30 sec exposure (average), 2x2 binning, clear filter 2006-08-06 02:30 h UT (#132345-47) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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NGC 7492 (Aquarius) |
CCD Image (cropped) 10 x 30 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-12-04 18:43 h UT (#402103-07_and_402221-25) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME |
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IC 1276 (Serpens Cauda) |
CCD Image (75% size, cropped) 12 x 10s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2012-10-21 19:55 hUT (#517025-42) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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Palomar 2 (Auriga) |
CCD Image (cropped) 4 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-04-05 21:22hUT (#545069-72) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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Palomar 3 (Sextans) |
CCD Image (cropped) 5 x 90s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-04-01 21:45 hUT (#544083-87) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
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Palomar 4 (Ursa Major) Situated at almost 1/8 distance to the Andromeda Galaxy, it is second most distant globular in Milky Way |
CCD Image (50% size) 4 x 90 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2013-04-01 21:35hUT (#544076-80) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
Pal 4 - detail |
Annotated CCD Image (100% size, cropped) (image details as above) |
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Palomar Globular 5 (Serpens Caput) |
CCD Image 5 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, 2007-05-20 01:15h UT (#200078-82 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
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Mayall II (Andromeda) |
Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 4 x 10s exposure (average combine), 1x1 binning, C Filter 2010-09-11 01:09hUT (#427178-81) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
Mayall II - Hubble Image |
HST Hubble Image (from Wikipedia, rotated) |
Mayall II - earlier image |
Annotated CCD Image (cropped) 2 x 60s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2010-08-30 22:28hUT (#426108-09) 12" LX200R (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME |
Globular Clusters in M31 (Andromeda) - Field 1 |
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CCD Image 5 x 2 min exposure, 2x2 binning (average combine), C Filter 2006-09-09 21:14 h UT (#146153-57) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
Globular Clusters in M31 (Andromeda) - Field 2 |
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CCD Image 3 x 3 min exposure, 2x2 binning (average combine), C Filter 2006-09-09 21:26 h UT (#146160-62) 8" LX200 Classic + ST-7E |
Globular Clusters in M31 (Andromeda) |
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Annotated CCD Image |
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W part of M31 |
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Negative CCD Image (65% size reduction) CCD Image (65% size reduction) 7 x 60s sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 2009-07-28 00:41 h UT (#378223-29) 12" LX200R (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME [Full size image] |
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Last Updated : | 2015-05-16 |
Site Owner : | David Richards |
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