March 19, 2011, Port Mouton
12 60-second raw images, 10 darks
Canon T1i, Celestron CG5 Mount, 8″ Schmidt–Cassegrain, CGEM mount, Sky-Watcher 80-mm ED and Orion Starshooter with PhD for guiding.
Each photo stacked and processed initially in Images Plus. Stretched in IP Digital Development. Colour balanced and background neutralized.
I like this globular because of its symmetry. It is also larger than it first appears to be. At first glance the globular appears to just be in the centre of the image, but then one realizes there is a halo of stars that fill a large part of the image as well. This is an object that can be found using binoculars so I show this image during my flat planetarium shows.