Object Description: This area, located between M20 and M24, is another example of a complex region with hydrogen emission, blue reflection, and dark nebulae. The two bright reflection nebula are NGC6589 and NGC 6590. The red HII nebula is IC1283-84. At the bottom of the image is the very dim and large SharplessII-35. At the top right is the bottom of the large star cloud M24, an area relatively void of the surrounding dust clouds. The image is oriented North up.

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Camera: Canon 40D modified w/ Baader UV/IR cut filter
Mount: ParamountME unguided
Filters: no filters

Date Taken: 13JUL2009
Location: Lot4, Arcturus Way, Sacramento Mountains Astronomy Park, Weed, NM
Sky Conditions: transparency 4/5, seeing 4/5, temp 21C
Image Acquisition: 24x300s, iso800, using CCDCommander & CCDSoft

Image Processing: ImagesPlus 3.75 used for data reduction, alignment, SigmaMedian combine, initial DDP. PSCS2 used for levels, curves, and color enhancement. GradX for background equalization.