Object: The Great Globular Cluster Omega Centauri - NGC5139 in Centaurus
Exposure: Composite of one 5-minute and one 10-minute exposure
Processing: Negatives scanned at 3048dpi with a UMAX Powerlook 3000 scanner, blended in Picture Window Pro 2.5 and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop 4.0
Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7 APO refractor @ f/7.8
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SBIG ST-4
Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Ektapress PJ400
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Date: 4/1/00
Comments: Located at a declination of -47deg 29min, NGC 5139 is the largest, brightest and most spectacular globular cluster in the entire sky. It is best observed and photographed from the southern hemisphere but can also be seen from the southern US.
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