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     NGC 6760     
      Globular Cluster in Aquila
      RA:19h 11m 12s  Dec: +01° 01' 49" Distance - ~24000 ly 


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Location & Date
Backyard, Abbott Observatory- Long Island, NY,  Sept 2021
Telescope
Orion ED80 F/7 APO, Moonlite focuser, iOptron GEM45G, Pegasus Falcon rotator
Image scale 2.54 arcsec/pixel
Camera
SBIG ST-2000XM
Baader L R G B  filters
CCD temp -10°C
Exposures
L- 25x3m Red- 12x3m  Green - 12x3m  B - 12x30m  Bin 1x1 
Planning & Acquisition
Image planning - Sequence Generator Pro Mosaic tool
Image acquisition - Sequence Generator Pro w/PinPoint & PHD2 (guiding))
Processing
CCDStack -  Calibration, Normalize, Alignment,  Deconvolution, RGB combine
Adobe PS -  L+RGB combine, Color adjustments, Noise reduction, JPEG conversion


From Wikipedia;

  NGC 6760 is a globular cluster[2] in the constellation Aquila. It may have contributed to the formation of the open cluster Ruprecht 127 (RA=17 37 50.9 DEC = -36 18 32) during NGC 6760's passage through the galactic disk 71 million years ago.
At least two millisecond pulsars   PSR J1911+0102A & PSR J1911+0101B  have been found in NGC 6760.

  Its position near the galactic plane causes it to be obscure by galactic dust and gas making it appear reddish.