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Barnard 297

Barnard 92

Barnard 93

CR378

IC1283/NGC6589-90

M18

NGC6561

 
An absolutely amazing region of
            the sky, near the very center of our Milky Way Galaxy. M24 is
            a large star cloud in the center, flanked by multitudes of star
            clusters, nebula and dark clouds. Above I have selected extreme
            enlargements to the original negative of individual objects of
            interest in the field.
Instrument:  8" f/1.5 Celestron Schmidt Camera
Platform:  Homemade GEM
Film:  Kodak Supra 400
CCD Autoguider: ST4
Exposure:  8mins
Filters:  NONE
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6800 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 8/10, Transparency 10/10
Outside Temperature:  15 C
Processing: Photoshop, Pix Insight
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