Bran 179
Bran 179
Bran 179 (BBWo179 and GN 08.43.3) is a small reflection nebula around the two stars at the center of this image. The illuminating stars are located approximately 1,750 light-years away in
HMSTG240 (Dobashi 5668) is the dark nebula above and to the right of Bran 179.
* d Car (HIP 42568 and numerous other designations) is the magnitude 4.3V star above center at the right.
Most of the dust in this image has designations in the Planck Galactic Cold Clump (PGCC) catalog - https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2016/10/aa25819-15.pdf.
Luminance – 13x600s – 130 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 6:5:6x300s – 30:25:30 minutes each – binned 1x1
215 minutes total exposure – 3 hours 35 minutes
Imaged on January 5th and February 10th, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory – Telescope.Live (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 16803 on an ASA 500N at f/3.8 1900mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/54249397999/sizes/l/
HMSTG240 (Dobashi 5668) is the dark nebula above and to the right of Bran 179.
* d Car (HIP 42568 and numerous other designations) is the magnitude 4.3V star above center at the right.
Most of the dust in this image has designations in the Planck Galactic Cold Clump (PGCC) catalog - https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2016/10/aa25819-15.pdf.
Luminance – 13x600s – 130 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 6:5:6x300s – 30:25:30 minutes each – binned 1x1
215 minutes total exposure – 3 hours 35 minutes
Imaged on January 5th and February 10th, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory – Telescope.Live (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 16803 on an ASA 500N at f/3.8 1900mm.
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/54249397999/sizes/l/
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
ASA 500N at f/3.8 1900mm - CHI-2
Camera
FLI PL16083
Location
El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile)
Date of observation
2021-01-05,02-10
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Adobe PhotoShop CS5 / PixInsight
Credits
Dan Crowson / Telescope.Live
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