Constellation tour in Summer
Sagittarius (The Archer)

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Date & Time: Jun 24 2022, from 24:02 to 24:21 JST(+0900)
Composed 5 shots with 3 minutes exposed
Optical: TAMRON 17-35mm Di OSD (f=28mm, stop: F4.0)
with Kenko Softon Clear filter
Auto-guided with EYEBELL CD-1 portable Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Furudono town, Fukushima pref.

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



Astroarts StellaNavigator 		The Sagittarius ("Sagitta" is Latin for "arrow") is a member of zodiac just west of Scorpius, bathed in the summer's Milky Way, so includes plenty of attractive nebulae and star clusters. The constellation also includes the center point of our Galaxy.
Sagittarius represents Cheiron who has a body of half-man and half-beast, taking a stance to shot an arrow at the scorpion. The asterism of that is well known as "the teapot" in the west, and ancient Chinese had regarded that as another dipper (of course for the Big Dipper in Ursa Major).
This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 35mm.


Guide for Deep Sky Objects

M8, M20 .....Fine Nebulae in the Milky Way, Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae
Wide field around Lagoon Nebula .....Wide field image of distribution of nebulae arouond the Lagoon Nebula
Omega Nebula(M17) .....Diffused Nebula around the boundary to Serpens in Milky Way, 3300 ly away
M18 .....Small open cluster 1 deg SW of Omega Nebula
M22 .....Huge globular cluster just north of rambda Sgr., 10,000 ly away
M23 .....An open cluster with fine stars at the northern region
M24 .....Star cloud in the middle of the Milky Way
M25 .....Open cluster 6 deg. north of gamma sgr, 1800 ly. away
M28 .....A globular cluster 1 deg WNW of rambda Sgr., 15,000 ly away
M54,M69,M70 .....Scattered three globular clusters south of the "Teapot"
M55 .....Sparse globular cluster at the eastern edge of the Milky Way
M75 .....Tiny & dense globular cluster near the border to Cap., 79,000 ly away
NGC6440 .....Small globular cluster at 6deg. NW of M8
NGC6522, NGC6528 .....Small two globulars paralleling just NW of gamma Sgr
NGC6553 .....Medium & sparse globular cluster at 2deg. SE of M8
NGC6638 .....Small globular cluster at 40' east of rambda Sgr
NGC6642 .....Small globular cluster at a deg. NW of M22
Around NGC6723 .....A globular cluster near boundary on Corona Austrina, 33,000 ly away
Barnard's Galaxy(NGC6822) .....Large & dimmed galaxy in Local Group, 1.6 million ly. away
IC1283 .....Small diffused nebula just south of the Star Cloud
IC4701 .....Dimmed reddish nebula in 1deg. SW of the Omega Nebula
Arouond Sh2-16 .....Small diffused nebulae around Galactic center in SW region
Sh2-22 .....Diffused nebula positioned 3deg. SW of the Lagoon Nebula



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