Skymonsters

Astrophotography by Nicola Montecchiari

B72

Dust Cloud B72
Date/Place2009-05-22 at Farm Hakos, Namibia
CoordinatesAR 17h 23m 35s DEC -23° 37'00"
InstrumentTakahashi FSQ85ED
CameraModified 450D
IntegrationStack of 13x600 seconds at ISO800. Preprocessing with IRIS, stack and stretch with PICTools, final adjustments with PixInsight LE.
CommentVery interesting region. It is possible, in the same field, to identify other dark nebulas, plus a globular cluster (NGC6325) and a planetary nebula (NGC6369).