Star Clusters
Messier 7 Ptolemy Cluster in Scorpius

This open star cluster, which lies in the constellation of Scorpius, is the southernmost Messier object. It is almost 1000 lightyears distant and around 25 lightyears in diameter.

This image covers almost 4x4 degrees of sky and shows the cluster centrally-placed amid the dense starfields of the Milky Way.

This is the result of 2h of remote LRGB data capture from New South Wales, using an FLI Microline 16803 CCD camera through a 4-inch Takahashi FSQ refractor.

Date: 25/05/2023

Photographer: Graham Wilcock

Messier 7 Ptolemy Cluster in Scorpius

This open star cluster, which lies in the constellation of Scorpius, is the southernmost Messier object. It is almost 1000 lightyears distant and around 25 lightyears in diameter.

This image covers almost 4x4 degrees of sky and shows the cluster centrally-placed amid the dense starfields of the Milky Way.

This is the result of 2h of remote LRGB data capture from New South Wales, using an FLI Microline 16803 CCD camera through a 4-inch Takahashi FSQ refractor.

Date: 25/05/2023

Photographer: Graham Wilcock