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Andy Dungan
Near Cotopaxi, CO USA
04/10/2024
12:30 am

Equipment Details:

Canon R full spec, Sigma 150-600C@600mm 30sec f6.3 30 lights for each cluster 10 flats
Star Adventurer 2i

Post-processing Details:

Affinity Photo 2 to stack and process

Image Details:

I had been reading about these large cluster in Hercules and decided to give them a shot. They are not as "exciting" as nebula and larger galaxies and they are nevertheless interesting. There are so many stars in each cluster. I included the enlarged version as well to help show that. These are still fairly small objects for my standard camera equipment and I was happy to get these photos. a 1200 to 2000mm telescope would sure be fun to have, but then I would need a lot more expensive equipment.