NGC 4372 (also known as Caldwell 108) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Musca. It is southwest of γ Muscae (Gamma Muscae) and west of the southern end of the Dark Doodad Nebula (Sandqvist 149), a 3° thin streak of black across a southern section of the great plane of the Milky Way. NGC 4372 “is partially obscured by dust lanes, but still appears as a large object some 10 arcseconds in diameter,” according to Astronomy of the Milky Way (2004). The cluster has highly peculiar chemistry similar to NGC 5694, being extremely iron-poor yet having super-solar abundances of magnesium and titanium.

Telescope: Planewave CDK17 (FR) f4.5
Mount: Astro Physics 1600GTO
Camera: QHY16200A/ Integral FW
Guider: Agena Starguide II / SBIG STi

L: 36×10 mins = 360 mins, R: 18×10 mins = 180 mins, G: 18×10 mins = 180 mins, B: 18×10 mins = 180 mins

Total Imaging Time: 15h 00m

Data Imaged remotely over 4 nights during June & July 2021.
Imaged from Observatorio El Sauce, Chile, in partnership with Fred Espenak.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.

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