NGC 6242 Open Star Cluster (Bottom Right),
NGC 6268 Open Star Cluster (Top Right),
TR(Trumpler) 24 and the wider CR(Collinder) 316 Open Star Cluster(s) encompass the foreground area of the Prawn Nebula and adjacent star field to left bottom of the image.
All around 3500 to 3700 Light Years Distant.
30 x 120sec Images (60 Minutes Integration Time)
Hardware
Modified Canon 30D and Vixen ED80 Refractor
50mm (FL 140mm) Guidescope and Meade DSI C II Guide Camera
Skywatcher EQ6 German Eqautorial Mount
Software
Captured InAPT(AstroPhotographyTool)
Auto-Guiding PHD2
Telescope Control EQMOD with Planetarium CDC (Cart Du Ciel)
Image Preporcessing, Stacking in Nebulosity, Stretching and Noise Reduction in Startools
