M22 Globular in Sagittarius
M22 in globular cluster in Sagittarius. It is one of the nearest and brightest clusters. Certainly one of my favorite visual objects. I had imaged this several years ago with my FLT-110 and was quite satisfied with the results. That was until a fellow LVAAS member sent me an image taken with a 12” Ritchey Chretien. Unfortunately for star clusters aperture rules, hence the need to drag a larger beast with me.
Taken at Cherry Springs State Park July 16-17th, 2015. Celestron CGE1100 with a Starizona F7.5 reducer/corrector (2100 mm effective focal length) QSI583wsg camera binned 2x2 LRGB. Aquired in Astroart, stacked in DSS, further aligned in Registar and processed in Photoshop.
Taken at Cherry Springs State Park July 16-17th, 2015. Celestron CGE1100 with a Starizona F7.5 reducer/corrector (2100 mm effective focal length) QSI583wsg camera binned 2x2 LRGB. Aquired in Astroart, stacked in DSS, further aligned in Registar and processed in Photoshop.
Thursday, July 16 2015 @ 07:00 AM EDT