Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M53
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M53, a globular cluster in Coma Berenices
Object: M53 (NGC5024)
Globular Cluster
 Const.: Coma Berenices
Camera: SXV-H9 Scope: Vixen R200SS Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 4x4m TeleVue Paracorr
M53, globular cluster in Coma Berenices. It is a stack of 4 four minute exposures taken with an SXV-H9 CCD camera through a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian with a Paracorr. The images were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked, and a DDP was applied with all processing performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1392x1040.
 
M53, a globular cluster in Coma Berenices
Object: M53 (NGC5024)
Globular Cluster
 Const.: Coma Berenices
Camera: HX916 Scope: AP130 Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 11x60s blank
M53, globular cluster in Coma Berenices. It is a stack of 11 one minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. Image processing performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.