NGC 2419

[Sam]

Sometimes called The Intergalactic Wanderer this Globular Cluster is around 300,000 lightyears away. Due to it being quite different than the usual Globs I've been wanting to observe this one for ages (more to observe it than image). As I had everything setup for imaging I decided I would have a go at imaging it as well. This one is 12 X 180secs subs at ISO800, Canon 400D guided this time with Guidemaster (which is brilliant because it does drift alignment as well!). SPC900NC guide cam and ST80 as the guidescope. The main imaging scope is an Orion XT8 8" Newt:

First the widefield (a bit noisey but I like the way it puts the glob in context):

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and next a cropped one to show the glob a bit closer:

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This needs quite a few more sibs so I'll be adding more data to this. It was quite a surprise to see how it turned out though because it's quite small.

Sam

[Doc]

Amazing Sam you captured it really well.

[ollypenrice]

A bold choice of target and a fascinating one. Well done.

Olly

[saturn5]

Very impressive,well captured indeed.

[Andrew*]

Must observe this one at some point.

[in_joke] Paul, Ally - I will succeed!! [/in_joke]

This is an extraordinary picture given the distance of this object - very well captured!

Andrew

[thing]

Very impressive, not seen this one before.

[MikeD]

Nicely resolved too, top job.

Mike.

[narrowbandpaul]

i have managed to view this in my 12" dob...at the Burn in Edzell, just north of brechin.

it was a great sight, and thats a great pic sam, well done

dont worry andrew, youll get it soon!!!

[Starjumper]

Great stuff Sam.

John

[johnh]

Resolution for a dslr is just amazing.

[Whippy]

Good work sir! Nice to see something different .

Tony..

[Sam]

Thanks for the comments! This really was an afterthought for an image but I have been quite interested in this particular object for a while so I'm glad I can add a image of it to my list!

Sam