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      B228 a.k.a The Dark Wolf Nebula
      Wallpaper author:
      Pranay Kanwar

      17 Aug 2022

      B228 a.k.a The Dark Wolf Nebula

      One of the prominent clouds in the Lupus dark clouds complex. Known as Barnard 228, Lupus 1, Lupus Wolf, or The Dark Wolf. One of the nearest star-forming regions along with Ophiuchus, Taurus-Auriga, Corona Australis, and Chamaeleon with one of the richest associations of T Tauri stars (very young stars with mass same as our sun). The distance ranges from 326 to 978 ly away in the constellation of Lupus.

      LRGB 8h 45m (17:17:20:17x300s, 7:5:4:1x600s) from AUS-2 a Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6 telescope with FLI PL16083 camera and Astrodon LRGB 2GEN filters, situated in Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia. Part of telescope.live network. Taken on multiple dates May-July 2022.

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      B228

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      B228 a.k.a The Dark Wolf Nebula