Observation by Geof Lewis: M6 - 8 July 2026

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Geof Lewis

Observer

Geof Lewis

Observed

2026 Jul 08 - 23:00

Uploaded

2026 Jul 10 - 08:07

Objects

The Butterfly Cluster (M6)

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Constellation

Scorpius

Field centre

RA: 17^h40^m
Dec: -32°14'
Position angle: -0°36'

Field size

0°38' × 0°44'

Equipment

SeeStar S50

Exposure

149 x 20s

Location

Norfolk

Target name

Messier 6

Title

M6 - 8 July 2026

About this image

Continuing my quest for better versions of the low southerly, summer Messier targets for my collection, the SeeStar S50 did it's thing for me on open cluster Messier 6 as it transited at around 5 degrees elevation. This is a crop from approx 50 mins data captured in 20s sub exposures, stacked and post processed in PixInsight.

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M6_S50_8July2026_Crop.png (1.3 MB)

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