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Old 15-05-2015, 06:03 PM
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M25

Another one from last night. Out the kitchen window. It's shielded from much of the wind that way. Plus I don't have to pack up when I'm finished.

This is open cluster Messier 25, although it's lost in a star cloud in this shot!

From Wiki "It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and included in Charles Messier's list in 1764. M25 is at a distance of about 2,000 light-years away from Earth. The spatial dimension of this cluster is about 19 light years across."

8" F4 Newtonian, Bader MPCC MKIII, 104 x 30 seconds, HEQ5 Pro unguided, Pentax K-5. Astrobin. http://astrob.in/180133/0/
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