LDN 673 - Dark nebula in Aquila
© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2016
Size: 2000 px
 

Lynds’ Dark Nebula 673 (or LDN 673) is a very dense and highly fractured dark cloud complex in the Aquila Rift (near to its center). It is located some 400 – 500 light-years from Earth. The Aquila Rift forms a huge mass of dark molecular clouds and consists of numerous small and large nebulae. Many of them have been identified and catalogued in 1962 by B.T. Lynds in his "Catalogue of dark nebulae". Situated against the Milky Way’s faint starlight, LDN 673 contains raw material to form a huge number of new stars. A more detailed image, taken with the 12" ASA Astrograph can be seen here .

 

Image details:

Annotation
Center of field RA 19:21:23 (h:m:s)
Center of field DE +11:08:12 (deg:m:s)
Size 1.3 x 1.3 (deg)
Pixel scale: 1.03 (arcsec/pixel)
Orientation: Up is 89.1 degrees E of N
Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net
Optic(s): 16" f3,75 Dream Corrected Astrograph (DCA)
Mount: Astelco NTM-500 direct drive mount
Camera: Apogee Alta U-16M CCD camera
Filters: Lum, Red, Green, Blue Astrodon
Dates/Times: 22 Aug. 2014
Location: Namibia-TIVOLI ASTROFARM, S 23° 27' 40,9" / E 18° 01' 02,2"
Exp. Details:

L:5x10min, R:4x10min, G:4x10min, B:4x10min, Bin 1 Total Exposure Time 170 min.
More details: Dark and flat frames reduction
Processing: PixInsight / PS
 
Copyright: Velimir Popov and Emil Ivanov 2016. All Rights Reserved
 
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