Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 4715  ·  NGC 6603
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Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24)  featuring  Dark Nebula and Asteroid Vesta, 



    
        

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Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24)  featuring  Dark Nebula and Asteroid Vesta
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Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24) featuring Dark Nebula and Asteroid Vesta

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Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24)  featuring  Dark Nebula and Asteroid Vesta, 



    
        

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Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24)  featuring  Dark Nebula and Asteroid Vesta
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Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24) featuring Dark Nebula and Asteroid Vesta

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Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 2069515

RA center: 18h16m25s.2

DEC center: -18°2830

Pixel scale: 1.210 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 91.767 degrees

Field radius: 0.981 degrees

Resolution: 1824x1379

File size: 1.9 MB

Data source: Unknown

Description

Turned my TS115 APO to the Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24) and the Dark Nebula in this area (LDN 323, aka CB 125). Just happened to also capture the Asteroid Vesta near LDN 323, with apparent motion in that direction. Well apparent in relation to the rotating Earth at that time, meaning the motion could be mainly Eath's rotation as the backgroud star field would be stationary during the period of this image capture. I have circled Vesta is the image.

Image consists of 40 x 35s unguided subs for: R, G, B, L, and 60 x 35s Ha. Camera was the ASI1600MM-C, Scope was the TS 115 Triplet APO reduced to f5.5 for this shot. Mount is a CGX.

Processed in DSS and Photoshop CC.

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Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24)  featuring  Dark Nebula and Asteroid Vesta, 



    
        

            glend

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ZWO ASI1600MM/QHY163M