My trip to Wiruna (dark sky site of ASNSW) this past weekend started out bad with two days in a row cloudy and/or raining so no marathon deep image this time. Luckily the third and my last night was clear and cold so I used it to full advantage going through till dawn and enduring chilly sub zero temps.
I managed two images altogether and here is the first one:
This image is of the often overlooked but probably the third best globular cluster in the Sky (its slightly brighter than M13) located in Pavo - NGC 6752. To add some interest I have framed it to also encompass the much more distant interacting galaxy group of NGC 6769, 6770 & 6771.
The difference in distance is enormous with the globular a mere 14 thousand Ltyrs away while the galaxy group is a wopping 190 million Ltyrs distant!
The following is a link to a full frame image (1.7meg) but of modest dimensions so it will fit on most screens, so to fully appreciate the vista please use the links "under" the image/s (don't click on the image/s) to view the much larger full frame version as well as some close-ups of the galaxy group and globular cluster.
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...44073/original
Hope you enjoy
Mike