M7 (Ptolemy Cluster) in Scorpius by Gerhard Bachmayer

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JULY-16-2022

M7 (Ptolemy Cluster) in Scorpius

Tivoli/Namibia

This beautiful open star cluster is about 980 lightyears away from our solar system. Being a naked eye object is is known since antiquity.
The upper right quadrant contains the globular cluster NGC 6453. Its distance from us is about 37000 lightyears.

Telescope: ASA 12N-OK3 f3,6
Mount: ASA DDM 85
Camera: ZWO 6200MM Pro
Filter-wheel: FLI CFW 3-12
Filter: Astrodon R,G,B
Exposure: R:3x240sec, G:3x240sec, B:3x240sec
Programs: Maxim DL 5.0, CCDStack 2.95, PixInsight SE 1.8 full exif

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