NGC 6384: galaxy in Ophiuchus lost in Milky Way

[Mark72]

Hello,

Just wanted to share the final version of this rarely imaged small galaxy.

It's unique in a sense that it's located towards the centrer of the Milky Way. Hence a rich star field. The stars are all of course from our galaxy but they really add to the FOV which I really like about this object.

L:R:G:B - 300:80:80:120 minutes.

http://astrobin.com/11401/

Thanks for looking!

Mark

[sologuitarist61]

Very nice indeed - you clearly had better weather than we have:)

[Gina]

Lovely

[Coco]

Lovely image.. wonderful colours..

[Mark72]

Thanks guys!

Yes, the weather was fine. Sorry for the clouds in UK.

The only trouble was that for a few days before Champion League's Final in Munich somebody clever came up with the idea to illuminate the night sky with powerful light beamers. I'm now scratching my head how to get rid of these "satellites" in my subs.

Mark

[Ponoobersie]

Wow what a fantasic image! thanks for sharing, ive never seen this galaxy before :)

[Sam]

That is a nice image:) it's kind in the same bucket as the fireworks galaxy and IC342 which are great galaxies but behind a lot of Milky Way debris.

[Mark72]

Yes, Sam but this one is very small, fairly low when you start imaging and rather tough for my skills. But I really like this debris in Milky Way;)

Mark

[Quatermass]

Great image and that's a lovely galaxy as well.