NGC 5053 in Coma Berenices

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NGC 5053 is a globular cluster with relatively few stars.

Date: 19 May 2022

FOV: cropped to 68' × 45'; the angular size of M53 is about 10'

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

Pixel size: 4.78 μm

Resolution: 1.335 arcsec/pixel

Filter: Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut

Stacking: Fifteen 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker

Total Time: 1 hour

Processing: Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, BlurXT, NoiseXT, Mask, GHS, HST

PM Mask + GHS + HST, Sat, DynCrop/Scale

Location: Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY