Wallpaper author:
Michelle Ashford
21 Nov 2022
LDN 858
Lynds Catalog of Dark Nebulae (or Catalog of Dark Nebulae, abbreviated LDN or sometimes L) is a list assembled by Beverly Lynds in the 1950s-1960s of dark nebulae found on plates of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. This image is a wide field view containing LDN 858 - the ‘spikes’ in the centre of the field of view, found in the constellation of Cygnus. To the top of the image is the Tulip nebula.
Dataset from which the image was processed
LDN 858
12 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 302.75 Dec 34.95
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................08 May 2022 - 07 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 5h40m | 34 |
| SII | 600 | 5h40m | 34 |
| OIII | 600 | 5h40m | 34 |