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      Barnard 228
      Wallpaper author:
      Dan Crowson

      05 Jul 2023

      Barnard 228

      Barnard 228 is the large dark nebula that fills the field of view.

      Some HMSTG dark nebulae that are part of B228 along with numerous others can be found throughout the field. See the annotated image.

      More information on HMSTG catalog of “southern dark clouds” can be found here - https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1986A%26AS...63...27H.

      Luminance – 5x600s – 50 minutes – binned 1x1

      RGB – 5x600s – 50 minutes each – binned 1x1

      200 minutes total exposure – 3 hours 20 minutes

      Imaged August 1st and 2nd, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI ML 16200 on a Officina Stellare RH200 at f/3 600 mm.

      This data is from Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”

      LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/53023887194/sizes/l/

      LRGB annotated - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/53024108060/sizes/l/


      Dataset from which the image was processed

      B228

      2 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-6-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Dark Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ML16200
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 236.2375 Dec -34.42916
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        01 Aug 2021 - 03 Aug 2021
      Filter
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      Subframes
      Luminance60050m5
      Red60050m5
      Green60050m5
      Blue60050m5

      Barnard 228