NGC 6124 cluster and nebulosity (False Comet area) in Scorpius. Taken with Borg 77mm f/4 astrograph and Hutech-modified Canon 5D. Stack of 4 x 8 min exposures at ISO400. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, April 17, 2007.
NGC 6231 Area of Scorpius tail, with larger Scorpus OB1 Association star field aka the False Comet. Taken with Canon 20Da camera at ISO400 and 200mm Canon L lens at f/4 for 6 minutes each. Stack of 4 exposures. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, July 2006.
The False Comet Cluster area of southern Scorpius, which includes the open cluster NGC 6231 and emission nebula IC 4628, and open cluster NGC 6242 at top. This is a superb binocular field. I shot this March 30/31, 2014 from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia using the Borg 77mm astrographic apo refractor (330mm focal length) at f/4.3 for a stack of 5 x 10 minutes exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800.
