Messier 54 (NGC 6715) – VdS Remote Hakos
As a member of the VdS remote observatory group, I have the opportunity to use the VdS remote observatory in Hakos, Namibia. You are allowed to process your own data obtained there as well as the data of other users.
In this case I use the data of Kai-Oliver Detken for my result.
The result shows the globular star cluster Messier 54 located in the constellation Sagittarius. Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight.
Top right you can find the very faint asteroid 103689 2000 CK69 with a magnitude of 19.47 mag.
Right, near the bottom, you can find the asteroid 108067 2001 FO165 with a magnitude of 19.35 mag.
There are also some quasars in the image. The most distant of them is:
WISEA J185303.06-301956.9 with a redshift of 2.0 an apparent magv of 18.7 (SDSS DR17).
The images were taken with the following equipment:
| Location | Hakos, Namibia |
| Telescope | TS 12“ Newton-Astrograph |
| Focal length [mm] | 1391 |
| Focal ratio | 4,56 |
| Mount | 10Micron GM3000 |
| Camera | Lacerta DeepSkyPro2600 (mono) |
| Filter | R:G:B |
| Exposure time [min] | 40:40:40 |
| Resolution | 0,56″/px |
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