Coalsack Nebula
Coalsack Nebula
The Coalsack Nebula is a dark nebula, visible to the naked eye as a dark patch obscuring part of the Milky Way east of Acrux in the constellation of Crux. In Australian Aboriginal astronomy the Coalsack forms the head of the Emu in the Sky, an Australian Aboriginal constellation consisting of dark clouds rather than stars.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106ED Paramount MX+
Camera
QHY 600M
Location
Heaven’s Mirror Observatory, North South Wales, Australia
Date of observation
3/30/2023 - 4/21/2023
Filters
Astrodon 3 nm SHO 20, 20, 20 x 300 s, 5 hours total
Processing
PixInsight BXT SXT NXT
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