NGC 6369: The Little Ghost

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Besides looking like a TIE fighter (Starwars), its peculiar appearence is overshadowed by its peculiar color. The unusual color is evident in the entire field. What is going on here? NGC 6369 is located in a direction that has many clouds of dust. The dust reddens the light of the stars and probably much of the light from NGC 6369.

Equipment

20in RC Optical Systems telescope Operating at f/8.4
SBIG ST10XME CCD camera with color filter wheel

L R G B color production was used to create this image.

Luminance = 60 minutes binned 1x1
 Red = 15 minutes binned 2x2
 Green = 15 minutes binned 2x2
 Blue = 15 minutes binned 2x2
  • Image upsampled and deconvolved. The intrinsic plate scale is shown above. Clicking on the image will load the upsampled version.

    • Minimum credit line: Jay Gabany/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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    Updated: 04/15/2005