NGC6164

Image taken Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - Takahashi TSA102S, flattener with QSI583WSG

Guiding - Star Shoot Autoguider off axis with Paramount PME mount.

LRGB 40 45 45 45

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS3

Object - This tiny emission nebula is illuminated by a massive star nearing its final stages of stellar evolution. The nebula is surrounded by faint hydrogen in the surrounding field in the constellation of Norma.