Original image: 30min integral RGB exposure of the starfield in the triangle of beta Cen, alpha Cen and alpha Cir, featuring many emission, reflective and dark nebulae and star clusters - captured remotely using Telescope #4 (Nikkor 200mm f/2, FLI Microline 16200) system of ChileScope observatory, also known as VST - a Very Small Telescope)) on Mar 28, 2023.
Revision B: 1h 30min integral Ha exposure of exactly the same area, captured remotely using Telescope #4 (Nikkor 200mm f/2, FLI Microline 16200) system of ChileScope observatory, also known as VST - a Very Small Telescope)) on Mar 28, 2023, with object annotations generated using PixInsignt.
A wider FOV image of this area in Ha obtained with Chilescope T4 instrument is available under [1]:
[1]
https://www.astrobin.com/gcqtmj/A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of Beta Cen obtained with Chilescope T3 instrument are also available under [2] and [3]:
[2]
https://www.astrobin.com/ojtcmx/C/[3]
https://www.astrobin.com/8gpw0u/A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of HD 125158 (RCW 85 / SFO 74) with Chilescope T3 instrument are also available under [4]:
[4]
https://www.astrobin.com/502va6/D/Two main highlights in the original image are the immediate surroundings of alpha Cen:
and beta Cen as well:
showing many dark nebular surrounding both. The obvious color difference between these two extra bright stars adds to be beauty of the scene.
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