Which cluster is this?

[jschusterman]

Hey all, I was hanging with the in-laws out on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state last night and managed to stumble onto this cluster. I was just using a $100 4" reflector, no tracking, no guiding, no eq mount, just a camera tripod (quite the challenge!), which is the reason I'm not sure what I captured here. Definitely in the Sagittarius region though, which is another reason I'm not sure (so many DSOs there!). My best guess is that it's M71. Can anyone confirm or tell me what it is? Thanks!

 

- Josh

 

P.S. It's just a single 5 second exposure with a Nikon D3100.

[AKB]

Astrometry.net says that it's M23 / NGC 6494

http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1746623#annotated

[jschusterman]

Great website! Thanks for that!