NGC 1851 a.k.a Cadwell 73
NGC 1851 a.k.a Cadwell 73
NGC 1851 a.k.a Cadwell 73 a globular cluster ~3950 light-years away in Columba. It is estimated to be ~782 light years across, 9.2 billion
years old and ~510,000 times the mass of Sun. One of the densest galactic globular clusters, with three different populations of stars.
Home to several millisecond pulsars, latest discoveries puts it at 14, most of them having rotation periods below 30 milliseconds and 8
of them are binary pulsars. It has now third largest number of pulsars, tied with M82 in a cluster.
LRGB 13h 30m (21:20:20:20x600s) from CHI-1 Telescope, a Planewave CDK24 with FLI PL 9000 camera, and Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB filters, situated in the
Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile. Part of the telescope.live telescope network. Taken on multiple dates Jan-Nov 2022.
Processed in PixInsight.
years old and ~510,000 times the mass of Sun. One of the densest galactic globular clusters, with three different populations of stars.
Home to several millisecond pulsars, latest discoveries puts it at 14, most of them having rotation periods below 30 milliseconds and 8
of them are binary pulsars. It has now third largest number of pulsars, tied with M82 in a cluster.
LRGB 13h 30m (21:20:20:20x600s) from CHI-1 Telescope, a Planewave CDK24 with FLI PL 9000 camera, and Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB filters, situated in the
Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile. Part of the telescope.live telescope network. Taken on multiple dates Jan-Nov 2022.
Processed in PixInsight.
Telescope
CHI-1-CCD Planewave CDK24
Camera
FLI PL 9000
Location
Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile
Date of observation
Jan-Nov 2022
Filters
Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB filters
Processing
PixInsight