Open Cluster M26 in Scutum

A fairly compact cluster contains about 100 members spread out fairly evenly over about a 12-16 light year diameter. Its distance is around 4900 light years.

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Five 1 minute exposures dark, flat, and bias compensated; aligned and stacked; background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.75 beta 1.