Deep Sky Object in Summer
NGC6357 (Diffused Nebula in Scorpius)


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Date & Time: Aug 15 2020, from 21:07 to 21:33 JST(+0900)
Composed 6 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Koumi town, Nagano pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Device Size...36×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO1600



NGC6357 / Diffused Nebula, type E
R.A.17h 24m 35.9s (2000.0)
Dec.-34°09' 59" (2000.0)
Apparent Size31.8×30.0'
Real Size57×53 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Distance6200 light yrs.
Other IDsSh2-11, RCW131
Gum 66
This image shows you a close-up image of NGC6357. You can detect the complicated structure of the nebula. And this image includes extraordinary indistinct reddish nebulosities in whole of the field.
  This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 700mm.

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