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Community photo entitled  by Andy Dungan on 04/10/2024 at Near Cotopaxi, CO USA

On 04/10/2024 12:30 am by Andy Dungan| Near Cotopaxi, CO USA

I had been reading about these large cluster in Hercules and decided to give them a shot. They are not as "exciting" as nebula and larger galaxies and they are nevertheless interesting. There are so many stars in each cluster. I included the enlarged version as well to help show that. These are still fairly small objects for my standard camera equipment and I was happy to get these photos. a 1200 to 2000mm telescope would sure be fun to have, but then I would need a lot more expensive equipment.

Canon R full spec, Sigma 150-600C@600mm 30sec f6.3 30 lights for each cluster 10 flats
Star Adventurer 2i

Affinity Photo 2 to stack and process