M25/IC4725

August 7, 2005

Open Cluster M25 in Sagittarius

This is a loose cluster of about 50 stars about 20 light years in diameter lying about 2000 light years away.

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

Five 1 minutes exposures dark, flat, and bias compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.75 beta 2c.

M25