NGC 6520 and BB 86 (Sgr)

NGC 6520 and BB 86 (Sgr)

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Date/Site: July 11., 2016, Puntagorda, La Palma
Exposure/
Filter:
LChi + RGB each 6 x 180 seconds
(all -20°C)
Camera: QSI 632 with SBIG- and Baader-filters
Optics/
Instrument:
4"-TMB of the AAR on Klaus Weyer's EQ6
Guiding: Lodestar attached to a 61mm-finder,
focusing withUSB_Focus and FocusMax,
image acquisition, calibration: MaximDL 6,
processing with PixInsight 1.8

Ben and me observed this double object on Réunion for the first time in full splendour with my venerable 13" Dobson. On La Palma with Thomas' giant binoculars it looked equally spectacular.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  03.12.2023