Zdobienie / Decoration

Category: Tenerife 2019 – PTMA

Zdobienie / Decoration
M6 and M7

M6 (NGC 6405) & M7 (NGC 6475)

The Butterfly Cluster (M6 and as NGC 6405) – in the picture zoomed above – is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Its name derives from the vague resemblance of its shape to a butterfly. Estimates of distance 1,590 light-years, giving it a spatial dimension

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The Rho Ophiuchi Nebula – Antares

Rho Ophiuchi nebula – Antares

isa multiple star system in the constellation Ophiuchus. The centralsystem has an apparent magnitude of 4.63. Based on the centralsystem’s parallax of 9.03 mas, it is located about 360 light-years(110 parsecs) away. The other stars in the system are slightlyfarther away. Rho Ophiuchi is the namesake of the Rho Ophiuchi

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NGC6541 / M25

NGC 6541 & M25

NGC 6541 (GCL 86 or ESO 280-SC4) – is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Corona Australis. It is estimated to be around 14 billion years old. 6.3 [mag]. Distance from Sun 24,5 tly. M25 (IC4725) – is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of

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M8 - Lagoon Nebula

Lagoon nebula – M8 (NGC 6533)

Is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90′ by 40′, which translates to an

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