Description: - Collinder 399, commonly known as "The Coathanger" as it easily looks like a coathanger in binoculars, is also known as Brocchi's Cluster. 10 bright stars with 6 in a near straight line across its bottom, and 4 making the hook opening to the Left. North is down in this image to make the asterism look more apparent. This is also a busy part of our Milky Way with lots of dust lanes, clusters and nebulosity.

Also Visible:

- NGC6802, Open Cluster, just to the right of the last blue star of Collinder 399;

- Sharpless 2-83, a small bright red emission nebula in the lower left quadrant;

- the blue glow around the stars in the bottom middle is believed to be Galactic Nebula GN19.25.0 or LBN 130. Very little is known about GN19.25.0/LBN130.

• Camera: SBIG STT-8300M @ -35C Sensor Temperature

• Filter: Baader RGB

• Scope: Astro-Physics 92 Stowaway with 92TCC yielding 488mm focal length at f/5.3

• Guiding: SBIG FW8G

• Exposure: 7 x 10 minutes each of Blue, Green then Red for 210 minutes total exposure time.

• Location: near Cluny, Alberta under Bortle 4 skies (21.03mpsas towards target)

• Date: 2023-10-07, at +12C and 62%Rh

• Processed in PixInsight with RCAstro tools and SPCC.

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