Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1274  ·  IC 4684  ·  IC 4685  ·  NGC 6546  ·  NGC 6559

Image of the day 12/06/2022

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    IC 4685, Brendan Kinch
    IC 4685
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    Image of the day 12/06/2022

    Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
      IC 4685, Brendan Kinch
      IC 4685
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      Description

      IC4685 can be found in the constellation of Sagittarius, very close to and often shown as part of the Lagoon Nebula. This area is rarely imaged on its own because of the more common photographic targets of M8 (Lagoon) and M20 (Trifid) being much more dominant in this area. The estimated distance is about 4000 light years away. The area of the image contains both emission and reflection nebulae and the open star cluster NGC 6546.

      Imaging telescope: Takahashi FSQ106ED
      Imaging camera: QSI 6120i
      Mount: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2M
      ​Guiding telescope: QHY Mini Guide Scope
      Guiding camera: QHY CCD QHY 5L II
      Focal Extender / Reducer:  0.73X
      Capture Software: Sequence Generator Pro,  PHD 2 
      Processing Software:  Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight, Topaz DeNoise,  Photoshop 
      Filters (1.25"):  Astrodon SII 5nm, Ha 5nm & OIII 5nm
      Accessories: ATIK EFW2, SeleTEK2 controlling Robofocus Focuser.  

      Frames: 
      Astrodon SII        12 x 15'
      Astrodon Ha        12 x 15'
      Astrodon OIII       20 x 15'

      Total integration  = 11 Hours

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      IC 4685, Brendan Kinch