Chuck Manges
M24 Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
M24 Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
Located 100,000 light years away, the cluster in the majority of the center of the image is known as Messier 24. Inside M24 is the small open cluster NGC6603. At the top center of the image is the open cluster M18. At the bottom, the red emission nebula is IC1284 and the small blue reflection nebula to its left are vdB118 & vdB119.
Taken with my 2 widefield setups:
QHY128C & Astrotech AT65EDQ-
37x300 seconds, Optolong UV/IR cut filter
QHY268C & WO Redcat51-
13x300 seconds Optolong UV/IR cut filter
23x480 seconds Optolong HA filter
7h 14m
M24 Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
M24 Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
Located 100,000 light years away, the cluster in the majority of the center of the image is known as Messier 24. Inside M24 is the small open cluster NGC6603. At the top center of the image is the open cluster M18. At the bottom, the red emission nebula is IC1284 and the small blue reflection nebula to its left are vdB118 & vdB119.
Taken with my 2 widefield setups:
QHY128C & Astrotech AT65EDQ-
37x300 seconds, Optolong UV/IR cut filter
QHY268C & WO Redcat51-
13x300 seconds Optolong UV/IR cut filter
23x480 seconds Optolong HA filter
7h 14m