M24 Star Cloud
Milky Way Star field in Scutum

 

            
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 Perhaps the
            richest field of stars to be found anywhere in the sky, M24 is
            not a true star cluster, but a bright knot in the arms of the
            Milky Way galaxy. Several dark Bok globules can be see here and
            a solitary emission / reflection nebulosity complex. This is
            a four part montage from separate 30 minute sub frame exposures.

            
A few highlights
            of this field include:

            

              

                
 Barnard
                  92 dark nebula
 
                
 Barnard
                  93 Bok Globule
 
                
 CR378
                  open cluster
 
                
 CR469
                  Open cluster
 
                
 IC1283
                  nebulosities
 
              
            

Lens:  Stellarvue SV80s at f/4.8
Camera: Canon XTi Hutech Modified
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  6/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  65F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Nebulosity
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