SL17 Wolf Nebula

October 20212021
Written By Jason Matter
Image Description and Details : There are few objects of particular note in Lupus, the Wolf constellation, but one of them is this very opaque dark nebula, which lies in the foreground and blocks out the light from thousands of stars beyond. This nebula belongs to the group of 42 dark dust clouds of high visual opacity which are referred to by the initials "SL" in some atlases. Telescope : Planewave CDK 17 F6.8 Camera : SBIG STXL 11002 Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME Pixel scale : 0.63 arcsec/pixel FOV : 42 x 29 arcmins Filters :HaLRGB Integration: 14h30m Ha 10x30m L 12x15m R 9x15m G 8x15m B 9x15m RA center: 16h 03m 29s DEC center: -42°01′51″Copyright: Vikas Chander

Image Description and Details : There are few objects of particular note in Lupus, the Wolf constellation, but one of them is this very opaque dark nebula, which lies in the foreground and blocks out the light from thousands of stars beyond. This nebula belongs to the group of 42 dark dust clouds of high visual opacity which are referred to by the initials "SL" in some atlases.


Telescope : Planewave CDK 17 F6.8
Camera : SBIG STXL 11002
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Pixel scale : 0.63 arcsec/pixel
FOV : 42 x 29 arcmins
Filters :HaLRGB
Integration: 14h30m
Ha 10x30m
L 12x15m R 9x15m G 8x15m B 9x15m
RA center: 16h 03m 29s
DEC center: -42°01′51″

Copyright: Vikas Chander

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