Skymonsters

Astrophotography by Nicola Montecchiari

M7

Open Cluster M7
Date/Place2009-05-28 at Farm Hakos, Namibia
CoordinatesAR 17h 53m 54s DEC -34° 49'00"
InstrumentTakahashi FSQ85ED
CameraModified 450D
IntegrationIntegration: 10x360sec @ ISO800 Preprocessing with IRIS, stack and stretch with PICTools, curves and balance with PixInsight LE
CommentThis is a beautiful region, prospectically close to the Galaxy centre. In fact there isn't almost any space without stars, but dark nebulas.