The Norma nebula
This picture reveals the vast nebula complex NGC 6188
(RCW 108) situated in the
southern constellation
of Norma. The entire
nebula covers a large area of the sky more than 3°
wide. The bright star, at centre-bottom, is SAO 227049 (Visual Magnitude 5.6)
located in the star cluster NGC 6193. At top left of this picture if the
planetary nebula NGC6164-5.
| Image | The Norma Nebula NGC6188 and NGC6164-5 |
| Catalog | 20080411 |
| Telescope |
William Optics 110mm f/4.7 APO Refractor telescope on observatory mounted Losmandy G-11 equatorial mount with Gemini 4. |
| Guiding | Autoguided with SBIG 402 on Orion ST-80 f/5 guidescope with CCDOps. |
| Camera |
Central DS Cooled Canon EOS 350D Digital. |
| Exposures | 8 x 8-minute exposures @ ISO 800. |
| Total Exposure time | 64-minutes. |
| Filter/equipment |
Astronomik 2" CLS filter, WO 0.8x Field reducer/corrector Mk III. |
| Processing |
Darks, bias and flat-fielded with ImagesPlus, post processing in Photoshop. |
| Notes | Focused with DSLR Focus. |
(C) Copyright 2008 Paul Mayo.
paulm@skylab.com.au