2016-08-26 / Image Details (Click on image to enlarge)
galacticsights
astrophotography
M92
Technical Details
| Location | Zollikerberg, Switzerland |
| Camera | Nikon DSLR D7100 |
| Telescope | Skywatcher Quattro 8CF 200 DS Fibre OTA Newton Carbon |
| Special Lense | Skywatcher Newtonian F4 Coma Corrector |
| Mount | Skywatcher AZ-EQ6, EQASCOM, Stellarium |
| Autoguiding | Lacerta MGEN2 (Autoguiding, Dithering und Camera Control) |
| Camera Control | Digicamcontrol (Focus, Camera Control) |
| Lights | 32 x 45s (24'), ISO-800, additional Biases, Flats and Darks |
| Stacking Software | Pixinsight 1.8 |
| Image Processing | Pixinsight 1.8 |
M92 is one of the brighter globular clusters in the northern hemisphere, but it is often overlooked by amateur astronomers because of its proximity to the even more spectacular Messier 13. It is visible to the naked eye under very good conditions.