Messier 6 (NGC 6405) from Telescope Live AUS-2-CCD and Namibia

In 2006 I imaged Messier 6 during a holiday in at the astrofarm Tivoli in Namibia. In 2023 I received a data set of this object from one of my favorite providers, Telescope Live with telescopes in e.g. Chile, Australia and Spain. Messier 6 is an open cluster , also known as the Butterfly cluster, located in the constellation Scorpius.

Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows:

The images were taken with the following equipment:

• Date: 2023
• Location: Heaven’s mirror Observatory, Australia
• Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
• Focal length [mm]: 382
• Focal ratio: 3.6
• Mount: Paramount MX+
• Camera: QHY 600M Pro
• Filter: Ha:L:R:G:B
• Exposure time [min]: 75:75:75:75:75
• Resolution: 1.46″/px

Here is the image from 2006. Data calibration and registration was done with DeepSkyStacker, the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows:

The images were taken with the following equipment:

• Date: 2006
• Location: Astrofarm Tivoli, Namibia
• Telescope: Rubinar Lens
• Focal length [mm]: 500
• Focal ratio: 5.6
• Mount: Vixen Atlux
• Camera: Canon 300 Da
• Filter: OSC
• Exposure time [min]: 16
• Resolution: 6.27″/px