NGC 7089 or M2 in Aquarius

NGC 7089, M2, is a tight globular cluster with

a dense core located in the constellation

Aquarius 38 kly from us.

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Date:  26 September 2024

FOV:  cropped to 60' × 40'; the angular size of M2 is about 16'

Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (736.97mm, nominally 714mm, f/7)

Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,

Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope

Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi

Mount:  iOptron CEM40

Camera:  ZWO ASI6200MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 100

Pixel size:  3.76 μm

Resolution:  1.052 arcsec/pixel

Filter:  Optolong UV-IR

Stacking:  forty-four 240 second frames using Pixinsight

Total Time:  2 hours 56 minutes

Processing:  Pixinsight – DynCrop, SPCC, DBE, SPCC,

BlurXT, NoiseXT; HST, GHS, MStr → PM,

PMath add GHS + MStr + HST → Blend, Sat, Scale

Location:  Stony Creek Boat Launch near Henderson, NY