B228 a.k.a The Dark Wolf Nebula

B228 a.k.a The Dark Wolf Nebula
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B228 a.k.a The Dark Wolf Nebula

One of the prominent clouds in the Lupus dark clouds complex. Known as Barnard 228, Lupus 1, Lupus Wolf, or The Dark Wolf. One of the nearest star-forming regions along with Ophiuchus, Taurus-Auriga, Corona Australis, and Chamaeleon with one of the richest associations of T Tauri stars (very young stars with mass same as our sun). The distance ranges from 326 to 978 ly away in the constellation of Lupus.

LRGB 8h 45m (17:17:20:17x300s, 7:5:4:1x600s) from AUS-2 a Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6 telescope with FLI PL16083 camera and Astrodon LRGB 2GEN filters, situated in Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia. Part of telescope.live network. Taken on multiple dates May-July 2022.

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SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
AUS-2
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI Pl16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Havens Mirror Australia
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
May-Jun 2022
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
Astrodon LRGB
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
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