Foton Pharming from FRO

NGC 6559 complex in Sagittarius

Image Info

Imaged 20140914 with 31.5cm f/5 Newtonian Reflector and GSTAR-EX video camera
16 sector mosaic (4w x 4h) Planned with Asimoplan
200 video frames each sector with no filter (luminance channel)


Object Info

Emission Nebula complex near Messier 8.
Consists of NGC 6559, IC 1275, IC 1274, IC 4685, PN M1-41 (PK 6-02.1).

Colour info is lo-res, wide field print taken in Sep 1987 with a 10" f/5.8 reflector
on Hypered Kodak Ektar 1000 film. See here for blending colour channel method