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Globular Clusters This page summarises observations and images of globular star clusters.
Being compact and relatively bright, globular clusters make good telescope subjects.
This page shows range of
| M13 Globular cluster (Hercules) | ||
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| 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) |
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| M92 Globular cluster (Hercules) | ||
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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) |
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| M2 (Aquarius) |
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CCD Image (Logarithmic Scaling) 5 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:59 h UT (#92080-84) |
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| M3 (Canes Venatici) |
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| 2002-04-16 21:19hUT CCD Image, 30 sec exposure 11.4 x 7.6 arc min (#21016) |
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M3 (Canes Venatici) - colour |
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| Composite Image (Top : CCD Image / Bottom : Approximate Colour CCD Image) Luminance : 3 x 60s (Median Combine, 2x2 binning, C Filter) Red : 60s (R Filter), Green: 60s (V Filter), Blue: 120s (B Filter) 2006-05-08 22:49 hUT (#123100-02 & 123108-10) |
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| M5 (Serpens Caput) |
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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) |
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| M10 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image 4 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:40 h UT (#92063-67) |
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| M12 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image 5 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:51 h UT (#92072-76) |
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| M13 (Hercules) |
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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) |
| M13 (Hercules) |
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CCD Image 120s Clear Filter 2005-06-06 23:26 h UT (#88020) |
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| M14 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image 5 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 21:31 h UT (#92054-58) |
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| M15 (Pegasus) |
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CCD Image, 10s exposure 2003-08-22 22:13h UT (#52005) 11.4 x 7.6 arc sec |
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| M53 (Coma Berenices) |
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CCD Image 5 x 20 sec (average combine), C Filter 2004-12-11 06:53 h UT (#79058-62) |
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M53 - Mosaic |
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| CCD Image Mosaic (50% scaling) 60 sec exposure (3x3 frames), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-02-03 02:40h UT (#113098-106) (Full Size Mosaic) |
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| M53 - detail |
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| 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) |
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| M56 Globular Cluster (Lyra) |
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CCD Image 60s exposure, C filter 2005-10-02 21:35h UT (#96080) |
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| M71 (Sagitta) |
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CCD Image, 3 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning C, Filter, Linear Scale 2007-08-23 00:03 h UT (#206167-69) |
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| M72 (Aquarius) |
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CCD Image 3 x 60 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14 22:21 h UT (#92105-07) |
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| M92 (Hercules) |
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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) |
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| M107 (Ophiuchus) |
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CCD Image 7 x 1 min (median combine), clear filter 2005-05-13 23:31 h UT (#86169-75) |
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NGC 2419 (Lynx) |
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| CCD Image 3 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-02-03 01:09h UT (#113065-67) |
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NGC 5053 (Coma Berenices) |
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| CCD Image 5 x 3 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-02 06:23h UT (#156060-64) |
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| NGC 6934 / Caldwell 47 (Delphinus) |
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CCD Image 3 x 60 sec exposure (average), 2x2 binning, clear filter 2006-08-06 02:25 h UT (#132339-41) |
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| NGC 7006 (Delphinus) |
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CCD Image 3 x 30 sec exposure (average), 2x2 binning, clear filter 2006-08-06 02:30 h UT (#132345-47) |
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| Palomar 2 (Auriga) (Image effected by cloud/light from moon) |
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CCD Image 3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2007-09-02 23:15h UT (#209161-63) |
| Palomar 2 - detail |
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Annotated CCD Image 200% size, cropped (image details as above) |
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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 |
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CCD Image 3 x 2 min exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2006-12-02 05:43h UT (#156043-45) |
| Pal 4 - detail |
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Annotated CCD Image (200% size) (image details as above) |
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Palomar Globular 5 (Serpens Caput) |
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| CCD Image 5 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter, 2007-05-20 01:15h UT (#200078-82 |
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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) |
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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) |
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Globular Clusters in M31
(Andromeda) |
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Annotated CCD Image |
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| This Web Page: | Globular Clusters |
| Last Updated : | 2008-01-01 |
| Site Owner : | David Richards |
| Home Page : | David's Astronomy Web Site |
