Astronomy and Astrophotography by Michael Booth. I live in the south of Tasmania and in the breaks between the cloudy days and nights I like to get outside and enjoy observing and photographing the night sky.
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Various objects in and around Scorpius and Sagittarius.
NGC6723(Globular Cluster) and 6726 and 6727(Reflection Nebulae in bottom centre collectively forming NGC6729) ans V686CRA (bright [rotating variable] star top right) and EpsCRA (bright star[eclipsing binary system] just above centre) and small red star is HIP 93125 et. al.
Rho Ophiucus Nebula IC 4604 (Middle) and the Bipolar Nebula IC 4603 (Left)
Top Centre NGC6256 Globu;ar Cluster and comet 71P
Trifid Nebula (M20 NGC6514) Open Star Cluster "Webbs Cross" adjacent right and above (M21 NGC 6531)
M22 Globular (Great Sagittarius (Crackerjack) Cluster) NGC 6656 approx 9800 ly distant
NGC 7293 Helix (Planetary) Nebula
Globular Cluster M55 approx 17600 distant
(Flickering) Globular Cluster M62 approx 22000 ly distant.
Globular Clusters NGC6304 (Bottom Left) and NGC6316 (Top Right). Blue Star Bottom Right is Mag 6.1 HIP84175 et. al.
Cr367 ( Nebulous HII region centre to right top) 11 Sgr Star
NGC6544_(Star Fish Cluster) (top of Lagoon Neb) NGC6546
Globular Clusters NGC 6652 (top left) M69 or NGC 6637 (bottom right) approx 30000 ly distant.
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