Jewel Box

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - GSO 8" RC, with QSI583WSG

Guiding - ED80 guide scope and Orion Star Shoot Autoguider.

RGB -25 25 25 minutes

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS3

Object -This star cluster is located in the constellation of Crux and at a distance of 6440 light years from Earth. It gets its name because it looks like a cluster of precious stones..

Notes - Quite happy with this image. Might have been a bit sharper and dew was a little present.