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IC4605, NGC6144 M4 and Antares

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 320 180 140 200 (All sub exposures 20 minutes)

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Mosaic 2 panels

Object -located in the constellation of Scorpius at a distance of varying distances. M4 is around 7200 lights away while NGC6144 is 33,000 light years away. IC4605 is 393 light years away and Antares is 550 light years away.