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NGC6445

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - 300mm OOUK AG12 Newtonian with GPU corrector, QSI WSG-8, Software Bisque PME

Guiding - SBIG STi

Software - MaximDL 6, Focusmax V4, SkyX, CCDautopilot 5

LHaOIIIRGB 11.7 hours

Processed in CCDstack 2 and Photoshop CS6

Object -NGC6445 is a planetary nebula known as the Little Gem Nebula. It is located in the constellation of Sagittarius at a distance of 4500 light years.

The globular cluster located in the field is NGC6440 and is further away at 27,700 light years.

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