After 5 weeks of missing being under the stars
..?..and
...I finally got out on Friday last week
...
I wanted to shoot something relatively bright all in one night but not one of the usual suspects. There was some Moon in the first 1/3 of the night then no Moon but cloud cut it a little short around 2am
sigh...so, this absolutely beautiful region of the central Milky Way was decided on
This wonderful vista in Scorpius, captures the beautiful open star cluster M6, also known as The Butterfly Cluster, fluttering across the back drop of the distant golden star clouds of our Milky Way galaxy, leaving a turbulent dust trail behind her.
Capture details are under each image
The Butterfly Cluster - up close (click on image and pan around with your cursor) full res version of this crop is
HERE
The full frame (click on image and pan around with your cursor)
Aaaaaaand, as usual, here is the
whole 4deg X 4deg full res shebang, complete with those pin point FSQ stars right to the corners
(pull the tabs on the sides of the image to move around)
Hope it's something a little different, colourful...and sparkling
Mike