M 23 (NGC 6494) Open Cluster in Sagittarius
Located at: RA 17 hours 56 minutes 54 seconds, Dec -19 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 27'; Magnitude: 5.5; Class: II 2 r
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 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 120 minutes (12 x 10 minute subs), 08/17/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
A large, magnificent open cluster in a rich Milky Way field |