Another Messier - M5 (and Saturn)

 M5 is a large Globular Cluster located some 25,000 light-years from Earth and contains at least 100,000 stars.  It is 165 light-years across and about 13 billion years old making almost as old as the universe.  This represents the 24th Messier object on my quest of all 110 Messier objects with the ED80.  Note the very bright star near M5 is 5-Ser.

I wanted to get a longer exposure of M4 and Antares than I did last year, however, it is just not high enough at only 23 degrees to be visible from my lawn.  However, Saturn was just above that and was absolutely stunning so I imaged it instead.

M5 Cropped

M5 Wide Field

M5
Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 6/14/16 11:55 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to and Orion Short Tube 80mm
Exposure: 47 x 60 sec (0.76 hrs)
ISO: 800
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom


 Saturn - Registax

Saturn - PIPP and Registax

Saturn

Location: Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 6/15/16 00:30 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: Explore Scientific 3x
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to and Orion Short Tube 80mm
Exposure: 3000 x 1/40 sec
ISO: 800
Post Processing: PIPP, Registax, Photoshop, Lightroom