B 86 and NGC 6520 Dark Nebula / Open Cluster in Sagittarius

Center of field at approximately: RA 18 hours 03 minutes 11 seconds, Dec -27 degrees 51 minutes 48 seconds

Size: 5.0' / 6.0'; Magnitude: -- / 7.6; Class:  5 Ir G / I 2 r n

North is up

West to the right

Telescope:

 8" f5 Newtonian reflector
Camera:

 ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.53
Image:

 Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 150 minutes (15 x 10 minute subs), 07/15/2006
Processing:

 CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0
Location:

 Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s)
Notes: This is currently the lowest field I have imaged from my home... it just barley cleared the top of the tree to my south. Also, this is my first sequence processed with CCDStack ... sort of a practice image!