Messier 7

M7, imaged by Luis Fernando Parmegiani.

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Published: January 26, 2018 at 4:54 pm

Luis Fernando Parmegiani

SÃ£o Paulo – Brazil

Telescope GSO RC8″
Mount NEQ6 Skywatcher
Camera QHY9M
Filters RGB

For me, the M7 is one of my favorite open clusters, it’s amazing to think that each dot in this image is a star.

2017-07-24T00:00:00

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