A cropped image from the previous widefield.

In this image, we see striking contrasts.
We are looking roughly toward the center of our galaxy, in the constellation of Sagittarius.
Forming the background is a vast cloud of countless stars, ancient denizens of the Milky Way.
The hot, blue stars of the cluster tip us off to its relative youth. Above the cluster is Barnard 86, a dark nebula.
This cloud of relatively dense gas and dust, apparently a remnant of the formation of NGC 6520, blocks the light from the star cloud beyond.(RC-ASTRO)

RGB 20 min each (BIN 1)

Total of 60 mins

Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.




Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia June 2014

Apogee USB/Net