M 6 + M 7 - Wide field
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deeplook.at
2015-10-15 + 16
Hacienda los Andes / Chile (1100m)
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L @ f/4
Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO
50x3min
02h 30min
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EOS 6D (ISO 800)
Image acquisition by CEDIC team (Justin Kabaus, Bernhard Hubl, Christoph Kaltseis, Markus Blauensteiner) Image processing by Justin Kabaus
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Open cluster (II3r)
25’
+ 4.2 mag
Sco
1 600 light years
Messier 6, the Butterfly Cluster is a young open star cluster in the constellation Scorpius (age: 100 million years). North is to the right.