M24 - A Milky Way Star Cloud

Here is one of the richest and more beautiful regions of the Sagittarius Milky Way, imaged in hydrogen alpha light -- perhaps for the first time with amateur CCD equipment. Details around this area reveal prominent dark nebulae like B93 and B92 (above center) where a single 12th magnitude star floats in the middle of B92. The emission nebula at the bottom center of the image is the complex of IC1283/84.



Technical Details:

• Subject: M24 Star Cloud
• Instrument: Nikon 300 mm f/2.8 ED Lens
• Platform: Astro Physics 1200 equatorial mount
• Exposure: 8 X 300 seconds
• CCD Camera: SBIG ST10e
• Filter: Custom Scientific, Hydrogen Alpha, 4.0 nm bandpass, 1/4 wave, AR coated
• Process: Image combine and alignment in MaximDL software
• Photographer: John P. Gleason
• Location: Australian-American Imaging Station - North (Hidden Valley Observatory)
• Date: June 14-15, 2001





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