NGC 5822
NGC 5822 is an open cluster in the constellation Lupus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 10.3 and its angular diameter is 39 arc-minutes. NGC 5822 lies at an estimated distance of 2990 light years. The Equinox 2000 coordinates are 15h 04.4m, -54° 24´ which makes NGC 5822 a Southern Hemisphere object that is best seen during the summer.
Technical Details
- Object: NGC 5822
- Object Type: open cluster
- Object Data: Apparent Magnitude = 10.3, Angular Size = 39 arc-minutes
- Object Position (Equinox 2000): 15h 04.4m, -54° 24´, Constellation = Lupus
- Date/Time: 2011 Jun 02 at 07:26 UTC
- Location: Hotel Inca Utama, Huatajata, Lake Titicaca, BOLIVIA
- Mount: Celestron CG-5 GT
- Lens: Nikkor AF 300 f/2.8
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i)
- Field of View: 4.3° x 2.8° at 3.0 arc-sec/pixel (web version: 16.6 arc-sec/pixel)
- Exposure: 2 x 240s, f/2.8, IE800
- File Name: NGC5822-01w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Vignetting Correction, Noise Reduction, White Balance, Curves
- Processing (Photoshop CS5): Average Images, Curves
- Original Image Size: 3454 × 5179 pixels (17.9 MP); 11.5" x 17.3" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2012 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.