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NGC6604

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - FSQ106ED and QSI683-8

Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

LRGB 20.75 hours

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -This open cluster is located in the constellation of Serpens at distances ranging from 5500 light years. The emission nebula at the top of the image does not appear to have a catalogue number.