• NGC 6341 or Messier 92, a globular in Hercules
    • M92 globular
    M92
  • NGC 7341, Messier 92, is a small but bright globular in Hercules.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  9 May 2022
  • FOV:  approximately 68' × 45'; the apparent size of M92 is about 14'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  Thirteen 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  52 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, MStr, GHS,
  • PMath MStr + GHS, HDR6, Sat, DynCrop/Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY