Object: Omega Centauri (NGC 5139)
Date: 5/22/04
Location: Texas Star Party - Ft. Davis, TX 
Telescope: TeleVue 85mm refractor (f/5.6) piggyback on a Meade 10" LX200
Guiding: 208XT
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (300D) @ Prime Focus
Exposure: 24x1min, ISO-800, 55-60 degrees
Processing: Raw images converted to 16bit TIFF and stacked (min/max excluded average) in ImagesPlus. I did not use dark frames for this image.  Levels and curves (final color balance) were adjusted in Photoshop.
Comments: Omega Centauri is the crown jewel of the the Texas Star Party and the biggest and brightest globular cluster (as seen from the Earth) at magnitude 3.7 and the size of the full moon.  For U.S. observers, this ball of ancient stars is only visible from the most southern states.

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© Dave Dockery 2004