Globular Cluster NGC 104 Pearl of the Southern Skies
This is my second successful image with Global-Rent-A-Scope. 5 minutes luminance only.
I used Thumbs +7.0 to add my name stamp and title. A slight gamma adjustment to improve the background was the only processing done. This image was taken with a 92% illuminated Moon high in the sky. GRAS is a very simple, yet powerful system for remote astrophotography.
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NGC 104, better known as 47 Tucanae, is the second largest and second brightest globular cluster in the southern skies.
The stars of 47 Tucanae are spread over a volume nearly 120 light years across. At their distance of 13,400 light years, they still cover an area of the sky of about the same apparent diameter as the full moon, about 30 minutes of arc. Globular cluster 47 Tucanae is approaching us at roughly 19 km/s.
