Deep Sky Object in Summer
Around M4 & Antares


Date & Time: Mar 8 2003, from 27:28 to 27:41 JST(+0900)
Composed 4 shots with 3 minutes exposed
Optical: TAMRON SP f=300mmF2.8, Aperture: F2.8
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial
Digital Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Location: Ooizumi vil., Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3024×2016)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO400, White Balance...Auto


This image shows you wide-field including M4 and Antares. It's sparse in north of Antares, actually a vast dark nebula is lying around here. And the nebula is brightened in edge by reflecting the light of Antares. A small globular cluster just northwest of Antares is NGC6144.

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