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May 11, 2013 Harel Boren

NGC 4372 and Dark Lane Doodad

Kalahari Desert, Namibia

Total Exposure Time: 4:00 hours L(bin1); RGB(bin2),
LRGB 90:50:50:50 / 24 frames of 10 minutes each
This image is 1570x1052 pixels

Officina Stellare Riccardi-Honders Veloce RH 200 OTA
Officina Stellare - http://www.officinastellare.com/products_scheda.php?idProd=15
On my site - http://www.pbase.com/boren/officina_stellare_riccardihonders_veloce_rh_200
Deeper technical informaiton on the Riccardi-Honders design - http://www.telescope-optics.net/honders_camera.htm
SBIG STL11000M, AP GTO1200 mount, guided w/PHD

The Dark Doodad is a dark nebula spanning nealry three degrees, and located in the southern
constellation of Musca (the Fly). Just to the east of the southern end of the Dark Doodad
is the globular cluster NGC 4372
(press "next" to see a full res version of the globular cluster).


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