NGC 5897 is a dim, magnitude 8.4, class 11, globular cluster located in the constellation Libra.

ABOUT THE IMAGE

DATE/TIME:  The evening of May 24th, 2012.

CAMERA:  Canon XSI, 450Dm

TELESCOPE:  Orion 100mm ED refractor @ F/18

ISO SETTING:  800

EXPOSURES:8  

EXPOSURE LENGTH:  500sec.

TOTAL EXPOSURE LENGTH:  1hr, 3min. 40sec.

SUBTRACTIONS:  10 darkframes, 10 bias frames

CAPTURE SOFTWARE:  MaximDL

STACKING SOFTWARE:  Deep Sky Stacker

PROCESSING:  Photoshop CS3