NGC 6259 open cluster in Scorpius. Looser NGC 6249 cluster at right. Nebula at lower right not identified in MSA. Taken with 4-inch AP Traveler apo refractor at f/4.5 with Canon 20Da camera at ISO 800 for stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, March 28, 2007.
NGC 6281 open cluster in Scorpius. Nebula at lower left is Sh2-3, Bug nebula NGC 6302 at upper left. Taken with 4-inch AP Traveler apo refractor at f/4.5 with Canon 20Da camera at ISO 800 for stack of 4 x 4 minute exposures. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, March 28, 2007
