Hi again all
My favourate cluster in Scopius ! and only 6200 LY away!geez...right next door don't ya think ?
Well,I dont't think you would get much of an argument If you were to make the claim that NGC 6231 is one of the most stunning open clusters in the heavens.
For those who have never viewed this cluster look It up in the top of the tail at about half a deg North of Zeta Scorpii...your in for a treat !
Again this was shot a couple of months back out at Magellan Observatory at Lake Bathurt N.S.W.(3 hours South of Sydney)
Shot through the ZS110/.8 reducer with the SXV-H9C on a AP600E mount.
Exposures were 2 minutes unguided and all pre-processing done in AA3 and post-processing with CS2.
A larger image can be found at my site under most recent.
www.atalas.net
Hope you enjoy.