The pair of Jewel Box (NGC 4755) and Beta Crucis (Mimosa)
in Crux

Éder Iván
Image details
- Instrument:
- 200/750 Newton, 3" Wynne (710mm effective focal length)
- Camera:
- Home-modified Canon EOS 5DmkII
- Mount:
- SkyWatcher EQ6 + Boxdörfer DynoStar
- Guiding:
- 9x50mm SkyWatcher finder scope (50/180mm), Lacerta-MGen autoguider
- Exposure time, filters:
- 11x2.5 min (27.5 minutes total) @ ISO 1600
- Location, date:
- Hakos astrofarm, Namibia (1835m); 2010.05.08.
- Observing conditions:
- Transparency: 10/10, Seeing: 8/10, Temperature: +17°C
- Processing:
- ImagesPlus, Registar, Photoshop