Wallpaper author:
Thomas Peter
25 Oct 2021
M 6 The Butterfly Cluster CHI-1 LRGB
The Butterfly Cluster (M 6), also known as NGC 6405 lies about 2,000 light-years from Earth and spans about 20 light-years. It is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scorpius and contains mostly young blue stars with an estimated age of 100 million years.
This image consists of 44 subs in LRGB @600s taken by the CHI-1 scope from August-October of 2021.
Hope ya like it!
Tom
Dataset from which the image was processed
M6
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 265.0833 Dec -32.25
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................11 Aug 2020 - 06 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 560 | 2h20m | 15 |
| Red | 680 | 2h50m | 15 |
| Green | 600 | 2h30m | 15 |
| Blue | 560 | 2h20m | 15 |