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NGC6164

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - GSO RC12 STXL11002

Guiding - Integrated guide camera

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

Ha OIII RGB 34.3 hours

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -Located in the constellation of Norma at a distance of 4200 light years. It is an emission nebula which has been created by an O type star which also has a very faint outer halo.