NGC6520 and Barnard 86

NGC6520, ESO 456-38 and Barnard 86

Description: Open cluster NGC6520 and dark nebula Barnard 86, Very low in the sky and difficult to photograph from Western Canada! Down to the lower right of Barnard 86 is a small, faint globular cluster. From the ESO catalogue, it is known as ESO 456-38 (and Djorg 2) the core of which is in the image below. About magnitude 9.9 and 2 arc minutes in diameter. Film: Hypered Kodak tech pan Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian Exposure: 40 Minutes Location: Mt. Kobau, B.C. Date: August 24, 1995

NGC6520, ESO 456-38 and Barnard 86

Description: Open cluster NGC6520 and dark nebula Barnard 86, Very low in the sky and difficult to photograph from Western Canada! Down to the lower right of Barnard 86 is a small, faint globular cluster. From the ESO catalogue, it is known as ESO 456-38 (and Djorg 2) the core of which is in the image below. About magnitude 9.9 and 2 arc minutes in diameter.
Film: Hypered Kodak tech pan
Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian
Exposure: 40 Minutes
Location: Mt. Kobau, B.C.
Date: August 24, 1995

Globular cluster ESO 456-38