2012 08 23 – M7 (NGC 6475)

Posted by Erika Rix
on Thursday, September 6, 2012

2012 08 23, 0409 UT – NGC6475 /M7

Erika Rix – Liberty Hill, Texas

www.pcwobservatory.com
AT6RC f/9 1370mm, LXD75, AT 38mm Titan (70 degree FOV), 36x

78.8F, 54% H, calm/clear, Pickering 6, T 2/6

Open cluster in the constellation Scorpius containing 80 stars, Tr Type I 3 r, 017h 53.9m, -34deg49´, 80´, m3.3v, distance 820 ly, diameter ~20 ly.

Sketch created with AL template, #2 graphite pencil, super-fine Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen “S”, 0.5mm mechanical pencil.

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