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Takahashi Epsilon 130ED, f/D = 3.3
PlayerOne Poseidon-C Pro
Fornax 102 photo with TDM / TeenAstro controller
Luminance 237 x 120 sec / ALPT Duo Narrowband 39 x 295 sec
11 h 00 min
data acquired remotely using Voyager Advanced
data acquisition by:
Markus Blauensteiner, Oliver Schneider & Faried Abu-Salih
Messier 6 in Scorpius wide field
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2024-07-03+04+05+06+07+15
Open Star Cluster (II 3 r)
25‘
+4.2 mag
Sco
1 600 ly
M 6 is a young open star cluster with an age of about 100 million years.
The brightest star, BM Scorpii, is a yellow giant star that varies in
brightness between +5.5 and +7 mag.
There are several other open star clusters in the field as well as the
emission nebula RCW 132.