Astronomy Adventure – Messier 6, The Butterfly Cluster
Messier 6, also know as the Butterfly Cluster, is an open cluster in the constellation Scorpius. It’s possible that this cluster was described by the first century astronomer Ptolemy at the same time he saw Messier 7, a similar naked-eye cluster just to the southeast of Messier 6. Can you see the butterfly?
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~30x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro; ISO 8000;