Observation by James Weightman: Scutum Star Cloud

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James Weightman

Observer

James Weightman

Observed

2022 Jun 22 - 23:30

Uploaded

2022 Jun 23 - 13:33

Objects

The Milky Way
The Wild Duck Cluster (M11)
Widefield

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Constellation

Aquila

Field centre

RA: 19^h08^m
Dec: -05°42'
Position angle: -19°19'

Field size

17° × 8°

Equipment

Canon 100D DSLR
+(a) Sigma 4.5mm fisheye
+(b) Canon 85mm f/1.2

Exposure

(a) 10secs f/2.8 1600ISO (b) 3secs f/1.4 1600ISO

Location

Chedworth near Cirencester, Glos, UK

Target name

Scutum star cloud in Milky Way

Title

Scutum Star Cloud

About this image

Made the most of a clear and reasonably dark sky to obtain an image of this bright part of the summer Milky Way.

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scutumstarcloudjw.jpg (571.1 kB)

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Andrew Paterson, Mike Harlow, Dr Paul Leyland, Philip Jennings

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