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Astrophotography by Mario Cogo |
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Astrophotography by Mario Cogo |
The Butterfly Cluster - M6 |
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The M6 at the left of the image, is a beautiful open cluster located in the Scorpius constellation. Visually it seems a butterfly with the open wings. The red emission nebula at the center is Sharpless 12 with the small open cluster NGC 6383. |
| - Date / Location : | 23/05/2001 from Roques de los Muchachos "La Palma" (Canary Island - Spain) |
| - Optics / Lens : | Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm f/6 EDFS with AP Field Flattener - Nikon F3 |
| - Mount / Guide : | Astro-Physics GE-600E GTO autoguided by SBIG ST4 |
| - Exposure / Film : | Composite of two 25-minute on un-hypered Kodak PJ400 Film |
| - Processing : | Film scanned at 2700 dpi with Nikon CoolScan LS30 scanner, enhanced with Adobe Photoshop 6.0 |
| - Note : | Dry climate , no wind |
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