Observation by David Davies: M30

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2022 Aug 20 - 23:03

Uploaded

2022 Aug 26 - 18:08

Objects

M30

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Constellation

Capricornus

Field centre

RA: 21^h40^m
Dec: -23°11'
Position angle: -0°29'

Field size

0°18' × 0°14'

Equipment

10" Ritchey-Chretien
QSI 683
SW EQ8

Exposure

10 x 120s RGB

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

M30

Title

M30

About this image

Here is another of my challenging low elevation Messier targets - challenging, at least from northern latitudes.

This is M30, which rises to a maximum of 14 deg elevation from my observatory. I had three goes at collecting data and three or more attempts at processing it.

Files associated with this observation

M30_reproc_web.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Dominic Ford, David Basey

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