Omega Centauri Uitenhage Suburbs 80mm

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80ED

Imaging cameras: Nikon D7000

Mounts: Skywatcher Skyview Pro Eq 6

Guiding cameras: ORION StarShoot AutoGuider

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS6

Filters: Baader Planetarium Baader 1.25" Moon & SkyGlo

Resolution: 4948x3280

Dates: Dec. 3, 2013

Locations: Home Pier Mounted

Frames: 12x316" ISO800

Integration: 1.1 hours

Darks: ~12

Flats: ~10

Avg. Moon age: 29.52 days

Avg. Moon phase: 0.00%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 8.00

Temperature: 30.00

RA center: 201.598 degrees

DEC center: -47.439 degrees

Pixel scale: 1.638 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 105.334 degrees

Field radius: 1.350 degrees

Description

Omega Centauri or NGC 5139, is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1677. Located at a distance of 15,800 light-years, it is the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way galaxy. Wikipedia