Image Description and Details : It seems quite appropriate that this very bright globular cluster is located in the constellation of Pavo - the Peacock. The bright scattering of stars look like the fine display of a peacock's tail when it is trying to impress a prospective mate. This globular cluster does a very fine job of that as well.

According to Wikipedia, NGC6752 is the fourth brightest globular cluster after Omega Centauri, 47 Tucanae and Messier 22. I already have images of Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae so now I'm going to have to grab some data on Messier 22.

Approximately 6 hours of data collected for this image with a TSA120 and QSI 683 CCD.

Copyright: Rodney Watters

Living in the southern latitudes in Australia (35d south) we are very lucky to have access to many fine clusters and objects which are circumpolar providing plenty of opportunity to grab some data.
This image is of the Southern Pleiades (IC2602) an open cluster in the constellation of Carina. It is comprised of many very hot blue/white stars which are very prominent in the image. In the left of the frame you can see another compact open cluster, Melotte 101.
Data was captured at my private observatory. Equipment: Tak TSA 120 @ F5.6, QSI683 CCD, Skywatcher EQ8 mount. Captured LRGB data for a total of 3.9 hours exposure. As much of this data was captured during a busy moon period, I took approximately 120 subs for each filter @ 30" per sub.

Copyright: Rodney Watters