Messier 55 - Wide field
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2015-10-12+14
Hacienda los Andes / Chile (1100m)
AP 105 EDFS Traveler f/6 with AP flatener
Astro Physics AP1200GTO
15x8 min
02h 00min
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EOS 500d (ISO 800)
Image acquisition by CEDIC team (Markus Blauensteiner, Bernhard Hubl, Christoph Kaltseis) Image processing by Markus Blauensteiner
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Globular cluster (XI)
+ 6.3 mag
Sgr
17 000 Mio Ly
Messier 55 is a quite large globular star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius, but it has a very loose appearence.
19.1’