Messier 107 Star Cluster

M 107 Star Cluster

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Object: Messier 107 Star Cluster - Constellation Ophiuchus

Distance: 20.9 Thousand light years

Date Imaged:  June 11 through June 22, 2018

Date Image Processed: August 2019

Telescope: Custom Carbon Fiber 12 inch Newtonian

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Takometer Rotator and "BigParacorr" Coma Corrector Optic

Focal Length: 1825mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8-Guider, Operating at -30 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 0.61 arc-seconds / pixel

Exposures: 37 hours total duration

57 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

19 H-Alpha - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

36 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

36 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

36 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

Brook Mar Observatory

Images of the Cosmos by Brad Bates