NGC 6712

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NGC 6712

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NGC 6712 is a Shapley-Sawyer class IX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley%E2 ... tion_Class) globular cluster located approximately 26,400 light-years away in Scutum.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged June 18th through the 22nd, 2020 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

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Pretty one Dan. Unbelievable number of stars showing up across the FOV.

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Nice Dan. You got good distinction between the Glob and the busy star field. Sometimes I have trouble with this. Makes me wonder if longer or shorter exposure time is best. You got great results with a relatively long exposure for a star cluster.
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