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Observation by Nick Hewitt: A sting in the tail

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2017 May 31 - 00:41

Uploaded

2017 Jun 12 - 08:51

Objects

ζ¹-Sco
ζ²-Sco
The Table of Scorpius (NGC6231)
The Prawn Nebula (IC4628)
The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC6334)
The Butterfly Cluster (M6)
The Milky Way

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Constellation

Scorpius

Field centre

RA: 17h41m
Dec: -36°45'
Position angle: -20°43'

Field size

24° × 16°

Equipment
  • Canon D60A
  • Canon 50mm fixed lens at f4
  • IDAS filter
  • Star Adventurer mount
Exposure

4 x 175sec

Location

Kos, Greece

Target name

The Scorpion's tail

Title

A sting in the tail

About this image

One of my favorite areas as it contains my Celestial pet, not the scorpion but my gekko. Most fetching in binoculars, Nick's gekko is on the west of the frame, made up of zeta1 and zeta 2 (the eyes), and NGC 6231 open cluster as the body, IC 4628 emission as the tail. 

The Cat's Paw (NGC6334) shows up well near the upper centre right, Messier 6 shows well too but Messier 7 is almost drowned in the brilliance of the Milky Way

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