File:Messier 24 (infrared, red, green).jpg
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English: This 3-panel mosaic of Messier 24, the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, was taken in the infrared, red and green bands, revealing dim red dwarfs, cool red giants, and stars hidden behind galactic dust.
Within this field are the open clusters NGC 6603 (left) and Collinder 469 (center), the dark nebula Barnard 92 (right), and the H-II region Sharpless 41, which permeates the field with a green tint. Mount: Sky-Watcher Wave 150i (strain wave German equatorial mount) Telescope: Apertura CarbonStar RC8 (Ritchey–Chrétien telescope, 203 mm aperture, 1624 mm focal length, no reducer or flattener) Camera: Touptek ATR533M (IMX533 monochrome sensor) Field size: 61.3' × 22.4' Filters:
Software: NINA, SIRIL, GIMP
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| Author | Brainandforce |
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This image has been selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 24 June 2026. It will be captioned as follows: English: The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (Messier 24) is a dust-free window into distant regions of the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye in dark skies. This 3-panel mosaic spans only a small portion of the star cloud in near infrared and visible light. The field includes the open clusters NGC 6603 (left) and Collinder 469 (center), the dark nebula Barnard 92 (right), and the H-II region Sharpless 41 (green glow). Tonight, the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud can be seen all night from most of the world. Other languages:
English: The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (Messier 24) is a dust-free window into distant regions of the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye in dark skies. This 3-panel mosaic spans only a small portion of the star cloud in near infrared and visible light. The field includes the open clusters NGC 6603 (left) and Collinder 469 (center), the dark nebula Barnard 92 (right), and the H-II region Sharpless 41 (green glow). Tonight, the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud can be seen all night from most of the world. Euskara: Sagittarius Izar Hodei Txikia (Messier 24), argi infragorriaren eta ikusgaiaren arteko konbinazio batean ikusita. Eremu horretan NGC 6603 (ezkerrean) eta Collinder 469 (erdian) kumulu irekiak, Barnard 92 nebulosa iluna (eskuinean) eta H-II Sharpless 41 eskualdea (distira berdea) sartzen dira. Magyar: A Kis Sagittarius-csillagfelhő (Messier 24) infravörös és látható fény kombinációjában. Ezen a területen látható az NGC 6603 (balra) és a Collinder 469 csillaghalmaz (középen), a Barnard 92 sötétköd (jobbra), valamint a (zölden ragyogó) Sharpless 41 H-II-régió |
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