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NGC 6559 and friends in Sagittarius
About this object
NGC 6559 is a beautiful emission and reflection nebula in Sagittarius, lying not far from M8 this emission region is roughly 5000 light years distant. It's often imaged along with M8 and M20 in wide field photographs. In this view NGC 6559 is the bright curved nebula near center with a light blue inner area. Surrounding it are dark lanes of dust and other red ionized regions of hydrogen. This area is within the Milky Way and thousands of other stars can be seen along the periphery of the image. Several other cataloged objects also populate the image. To see where these objects are in the image check out this annotated version showing where these objects are: NGC6559Annotated
The image is a Ha, LRGB composite taken from my backyard observatory and was processed using PixInsight 1.8.
NGC 6559 is a beautiful emission and reflection nebula in Sagittarius, lying not far from M8 this emission region is roughly 5000 light years distant. It's often imaged along with M8 and M20 in wide field photographs. In this view NGC 6559 is the bright curved nebula near center with a light blue inner area. Surrounding it are dark lanes of dust and other red ionized regions of hydrogen. This area is within the Milky Way and thousands of other stars can be seen along the periphery of the image. Several other cataloged objects also populate the image. To see where these objects are in the image check out this annotated version showing where these objects are: NGC6559Annotated
The image is a Ha, LRGB composite taken from my backyard observatory and was processed using PixInsight 1.8.
Image Details
- Optics : Stellarvue SVX 152 refractor @f6 898mm FL
- Mount: Paramount MYT
- Camera: QSI 683
- Filters: Astrodon
- Exposure (min): HaLRGB: 160:165:130:110:110 Total of 11hrs 25min
- Camera/Mount Control: The Sky X, CCD Auto Pilot 5
- Guiding: Starlight express Lodestar X2
- Processing: PixInsight 1.8,
- Location: Stark Bayou Observatory, Ocean Springs, MS
- Sky: Typical SQM 19.6-20.0, Bortle 5, Suburban
- Date: Aug 3rd - Sep 3rd 2019
