M24 - Small Sagittarius Star Cloud and Surroundings

M24 - Small Sagittarius Star Cloud

This photographs shows a small part of the Summer Milkyway in northwestern Sagittarius, which includes the following red emission nebulae (from top to bottom): M16, the Eagle or Starqueen Nebula, M17, the Omega or Swan Nebula, and IC 1283/84 near M24, the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, which is located just below the center of the image. There are also some fainter nebulae and star clusters visible within this photograph.

The Summer Milkyway and Mars, standard-lens photograph.
M16 - Eagle Nebula and NGC 6604, Wright-Newtonian photograph.
M17 - Omega Nebula, refractor photograph.
M24 - Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, Wright-Newtonian photograph.

Exposure Data

Instrument: Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4 telephoto lens
F/stop: f/5.6
Exposure: 24 minutes
Film: Kodak Ektachrome E200
Date: June 16, 2001
Exposure start: 0:53 MESZ
Location: Zell near Fahrafeld, Lower Austria
Conditions: Visual limiting magnitude 5.6mag, seeing ?, temperature 18°C -> 14°C, no wind, no dew
Autoguider: Meade Pictor 216 XT, max. error 1
Enhancement: Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Notes: The sky was not completely clear, some Cirrus clouds.

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