[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

This is very off the track image and an eyeopener. The tail of Sag also contains M55 giant glob, 2 terzans and ARPGC2 cluster and the curious 6845 galaxy quartet in Telescopium, but is relatively unimaged. Sag tail is packed with galaxies.
Great detail in the small spiral and other galaxies as well as star colour as usual.
John.

Thank you John, I was just cruising around looking for something different and stumbled upon this one. You've listed some other interesting targets thanks, maybe it's time to go hunting

Originally Posted by RobF

The only thing you could do to surprise me Rolf is post a boring image
Beautiful field, and not one I'm familiar with. Beautifully rendered too BTW. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks very much Rob for your kind words!

Originally Posted by pmrid

Stunning stuff Rolf. Beautifully presented. Thank you.
Peter

Thank you Peter, it's a nice galaxy indeed.

Originally Posted by RickS

Very cool field, Rolf. Well done!

Thanks Rick, I felt the need for a galaxy field after the nebula season Well at least that season is mostly over for me anyway since the Milky Way is now coming close to the trees in the west when viewed from my location.

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

That's great Rolf and looks lovely on my new spiffy monitor too I love the fine outer arms of the spiral NGC 6902. Actually, it's a reasonably small galaxy according to the LEDA data base at 5.6' X 4' but I recon you may have revealed a bit more than that in your image!?
Great stuff...galaxies in Sagittarius huh? Niiice
Mike

Thank you Mike, I thought you'd be happy with this field
I was surprised with how faint those outer arms were, but yes there are some obvious extensions and one in particular reaching almost up to the orange star. That structure looks a bit distorted too, which is interesting.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

A beautiful image Rolf. That's quite stunning.
Greg.

Thanks a lot Greg, I'm glad you liked it

Originally Posted by Larryp

Great image, Rolf!

Thank you Larry

Originally Posted by Lee

That's great work.... I never really thought of galaxy clusters in an area like Sagittarius.... I'm surprised the image isn't drowned out with Milky Way!

Thanks Lee, I didn't really consider Sagittarius to be a hunting ground for galaxies, but this particular corner seems to be. It wasn't until I looked for info about the galaxy that I found out how little is written about it.