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M53 and NGC 5053

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Title:	M53 and NGC 5053
Submitted On:	8/29/2011
Photographer:	Enrico Africa
Equipment Used:	Astro-Physics 1200GTO German Equatorial Mount Takahashi 67 Flattener for TOA-130F

M53 and NGC 5053 in Coma Berenices come closest to being a double-globular cluster counterpart to the glorious Double Cluster in Perseus. I managed to snag this pair last April from my remote site at Rancho Hidalgo in New Mexico.

Exposure Details:
L: 9 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1
R: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1
G: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1
B: 5 x 10 minutes Binned 1x1

Equipment Used: Takahashi TOA-130F with flattener on an Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount. SBIG STL-6303 camera with STL-FW8 filter wheel and Astrodon LRGB filters. Self-guided using the STL-6303's built-in guide chip, positioned via an Astrodon Takometer camera rotator.

Acquisition Software : MaximDL 5, TheSky6, CCDAutopilot 4
Processing Software: MaximDL, Photoshop CS4, IrFanView

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