Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1274  ·  IC 4684  ·  IC 4685  ·  NGC 6559  ·  The star 11Sgr
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NGC6559 / Sharpless 29, Ben
NGC6559 / Sharpless 29
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NGC6559 / Sharpless 29

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NGC6559 / Sharpless 29, Ben
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NGC6559 / Sharpless 29

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Imaged remotely via Chilescope's Telescope 3 (500mm Newtonian F3.8 , with FLI Proline 16803 camera), back in August 2018.
Pretty much my first attempt at using a remote telescope, I learned some lessons (like mixing the binning ...) from this one. ;-)

No green due to end of session during the first G image ... throws off my colour balance a bit in the greens and yellows, but oh well.

To note, the presence of the planetary nebula PK6-2.1 (a.k.a. M1-41) on the centre right near NGC6559, looking like a "squashed bug".
The big diffraction spike at the top of the image is from Saturn, something I completely overlooked during my prep' ...

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NGC6559 / Sharpless 29, Ben

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