• NGC 5024 and NGC 5053 in Coma Berenices
    • M53 and NGC 5053
    M53 and NGC 5053
  • NGC 5024, or M53, and NGC 5053 are globular clusters.
  • M53 contains 500 000 stars and is 58 kly from us.
  • NGC 5053 contains 3 500 stars and is 57 kly from us.
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  • Date:  24 April 2024
  • FOV:  cropped to 110' × 73'; the angular size of M53 is about 10.5'
  • 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:  none
  • Stacking:  Fifteen 240 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Calibration:  20 darks, 20 flats, 20 dark flats
  • Total Time:  1 hour
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, BlurXT, NoiseXT, HST, GHS, MStr,
  • PMath MStr + GHS + Mask, Bkg, Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY