Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  11 Sgr  ·  B302  ·  B303  ·  B91  ·  IC 1274  ·  IC 1275  ·  IC 4685  ·  NGC 6559  ·  PK006-02.1  ·  Sh2-29  ·  Sh2-31  ·  Sh2-32  ·  The star 11Sgr
IC 4685 Catcher's Mitt Nebula,  IC 1274, IC 1275, NGC 6559, Jerry Macon
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IC 4685 Catcher's Mitt Nebula, IC 1274, IC 1275, NGC 6559

IC 4685 Catcher's Mitt Nebula,  IC 1274, IC 1275, NGC 6559, Jerry Macon
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IC 4685 Catcher's Mitt Nebula, IC 1274, IC 1275, NGC 6559

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Images from the following two scopes (piggybacked) contributed to this image:

AG12+ASI1600MM at .70 asec/pix

TV127is+ASI183MM at .75 asec/pix.

They were all registered to the best R image taken on the AG12.

Using L from the TV NP127is refractor effectively eliminates the spikes from the AG12.

About 1.25 deg. northeast of M8 (Lagoon Nebula) in the constellation of Sagittarius about 4,000 light years distant, lies a complex emission/reflection region dominated by IC 4685; The bright, bulbous emission regions toward the top of the image are IC 1274 and IC 1275, and between those is the dark cloud (B91).

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IC 4685 Catcher's Mitt Nebula,  IC 1274, IC 1275, NGC 6559, Jerry Macon

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