Wallpaper author:
Ken Abremski
21 Aug 2025
LDN 43
A dark nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus. A dense cloud of gas and dust, known as the Cosmic Bat nebula, and also a star forming region. Embedded within are two reflection nebula RNO 90 and RNO 91. The dataset was processed with PixInsight, RC-Astro tools and Photoshop.
Dataset from which the image was processed
LDN 43
9 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Dark Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 248.6221 Dec -15.7864
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................24 Feb 2025 - 29 Mar 2025
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 300 | 3h25m | 41 |
| Red | 293 | 3h20m | 41 |
| Green | 293 | 3h15m | 40 |
| Blue | 315 | 3h30m | 40 |