M 6 The Butterfly Cluster CHI-1 LRGB
M 6 The Butterfly Cluster CHI-1 LRGB
The Butterfly Cluster (M 6), also known as NGC 6405 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth and spans about 20 light-years. It is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scorpius and contains mostly young blue stars with an estimated age of 100 million years.
This image consists of 44 subs in LRGB @600s taken by the CHI-1 scope from August-October of 2021.
Hope ya like it!
Tom
This image consists of 44 subs in LRGB @600s taken by the CHI-1 scope from August-October of 2021.
Hope ya like it!
Tom
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-1 PlaneWave CDK24
Camera
FLI {ProLine PL 9000
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
August-October 2021
Filters
Astrodon LRGB 2GEN 50mm
Processing
Pixinsight
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