NGC 6025

OPEN CLUSTER IN  TRIANGULUM AUSTRALIS 

 (Image Centred at ra 16h:03.1m / dec -60:25)

March 2014 - Home Backyard in Martinez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Open Cluster

Apparent magnitude: 5.1

Apparent diameter: 15 arc minutes

Distance: 2700 light years

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: 8" Orion Optics UK with Televue Paracorr

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS

FILTERS: Baader LRGB, 2" IDAS LPS for all channels

SKY CONDITIONS: urban skies and 50 % Moon

EXPOSURES: LRGB (60,30,30,30)

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

A loose but bright open cluster in the Constellation of Triangulum Australis. It was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille from South Africa in 1752. The cluster has an irregular shape and it contains about 30 stars of magnitude 7 and fainter. It lies at the boundary of the Constellation of Norma (*). A good target for binoculars. It can be located at roughly 3 degrees north from Beta Trianguli Australi (2.83). This is the first object I have imaged from this Constellation.

(*) SEDS