NGC6383 in Centaurus

Updated : 08 May 2005.

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  • CCD : STL11000M ABG 1x1 binning
  • Exposure time : 30:30:30 min RGB (10 min individual exposures)
  • Date and Time : 19.08.2004
  • Instrument : Takahashi FSQ 106 f/5
  • Focal length : 530 mm
  • FWHM :
  • Filters : Astronomik RGB filters
  • Image processing : average combine, darks, flat
  • Problems/comments : Further processing in Imageplus (RGB combine, DDP) and Photoshop. The large open cluster at lower middle is M6. NGC6383 is actually the open cluster above the middle with the bright blue/white star (which seems to be a massive star and a strong X-ray source). The large reddish nebulosity is RCW-132 a H-II object also known as GUM 67. Very few images on the WWW of this object.

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