Astrophotography by Mario Cogo

Sagitta - Brocchi's Cluster

 

Situated between the Volpecula and Aquila, Sagitta is a very small constellation close to the galactic equator and his shape clearly shows an arrow. The asterism seems as inverted " Coathanger " to the right of image is Collinder 399 - Brocchi's cluster in Volpecula.

 

- Date / Location : 24/05/2001 from Roques de los Muchachos "La Palma" (Canary Island - Spain)
- Optics / Lens : Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 AF-ED working at f/4 - Nikon FM2 
- Mount / Guide : Astro-Physics GE-600E GTO autoguided by SBIG ST4
- Exposure / Film : Single 7-Minute with Diffuser filter on un-hypered Kodak PJ400 Film
- Processing : Film scanned at 2700 dpi with Nikon CoolScan LS30 scanner, enhanced with Photoshop 6.0
- Note : Windy

 


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