Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1274  ·  IC 1275  ·  IC 4684  ·  IC 4685  ·  NGC 6544  ·  NGC 6546  ·  NGC 6559  ·  The star 11Sgr
NGC 4685, 



    
        

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NGC 4685

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 13, 2015
Frames:
9×600(1h 30′)
Integration:
1h 30′
Avg. Moon age:
28.48 days
Avg. Moon phase:
1.23%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 774561

RA center: 18h10m11s.0

DEC center: -23°5519

Pixel scale: 6.777 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -91.998 degrees

Field radius: 1.428 degrees

Resolution: 620x425

File size: 328.4 KB

Locations: Rifugio Le Cese, Forca Canapine, Ascoli Piceno, Italy

Description

I managed to finish the famous Sagittarius triplet at the end! Lagoon and Trifid nebulas have been taken the year before, as you can see in my gallery. I had to wait a whole year to reach the goal and this is the result. Sagittarius is a difficult target our latitude ...

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NGC 4685, 



    
        

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