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Pawel Lancucki | profile | all galleries >> Pawel Lancucki - Amateur Astronomy >> Astrophotography >> Messier Objects >> M26 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

M26


Object:
M26, NGC 6694
Type:
Open cluster
Constellation:
Scutum (Sct)
Location:
RA: 18h 45m 12.0s Dec: -09°24'00" (Epoch 2000)
Brightness:
8.0
Size:
15.0'



Nice open cluster but a bit in a shadow of nearby M11. Composed on stars of magnitude 12 to 15, located on a reach background of the Milky Way

M26_2006-07-16_full
M26_2006-07-16_full
M26_2006-07-16_crop
M26_2006-07-16_crop