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Object Info
Objects NGC6357
Type Emission Nebula
Centered at: RA:17:24.6 Dec: -34:10
Constellation Scorpius
Magnitude Dim
Size ?
Distance ?
Age ?
Dimensions 50 x 40 arcminutes
Image Field 102'09" x 68'82"
Notes Schuler 10nm Hydrogen Alpha and William Optics Minus Violet filters used.
Taken from: Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland
Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S
On: 19th-June-2003



Image Info
Telescope Synta 102mm f5
Focal Length 500 millimetres
Telescope guiding Guided by ST5c on C11@f10 (2800mm)
Telescope control Astrometric Sky Walker II
CCD camera SBIG ST-10xe
Camera cooling Regulated Thermoelectric
Camera pixels 2184 x 1472 x 6.8um
Image scale 2.8 arcseconds per pixel
Processed with: Mira A/P, Maxim DL, AIP4Win, CCDSharp, Photoshop
Hydrogen Alpha Exposures Ha = 85 minutes taken as 5-minute unbinned subimages.
Image Calibrations All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.