Telescope: Stellarvue 80mm Triplet	Designation:Messier 23, M23, also known as NGC 6494, is an open cluster of stars in the northwest of the southern constellation of Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. It can be found in good conditions with binoculars or a modestly sized telescope. It is in front of "an extensive gas and dust network", which there may be no inter-association. It is within 5° the sun's position (namely in mid-December) so can be occulted by the moon. The cluster is centered about 2,050 light years away. Estimates for the number of its members range from 169 up to 414, The cluster is around 330 million years old with a near-solar metallicity of [Fe/H] = -0.04. The brightest component (lucida) is of magnitude 9.3. Five of the cluster members are candidate red giants. Wiki
Mount: Ioptron CEM25 P	Constellation: Sagittarius.
Camera: ZWO ASI294 OSC with Orion Skyglow filter	Imaged With ZWO ASIAIR
Guiding:ZWO 120 Mini Guider	Type: Open Cluster.
Exposure Data: 24,5 minute sub exposures with Skyglow broadband Filter.	Position: R.A. 17h 57m 04s , Dec -18° 59' 06"
Processed using PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing	Date: July 2021
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz	Imaging Location: Roadrunner Observatory, backyard Palm Desert