Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)
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Star forming region LDN 1551, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura
Star forming region LDN 1551
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Star forming region LDN 1551

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Star forming region LDN 1551, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura
Star forming region LDN 1551
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Star forming region LDN 1551

Acquisition details

Dates:
Dec. 9, 2017 ·  Dec. 10, 2017 ·  Dec. 11, 2017 ·  Dec. 12, 2017 ·  Dec. 14, 2017 ·  Dec. 16, 2017 ·  Dec. 17, 2017 ·  Dec. 18, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon Blue Tru-Balance E-series gen 2: 11×900(2h 45′) -20°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Green Tru-Balance E-series gen 2: 17×900(4h 15′) -20°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Luminance Tru-Balance E-series gen 2: 29×900(7h 15′) -20°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Red Tru-Balance E-series gen 2: 18×900(4h 30′) -20°C bin 1×1
Integration:
18h 45′
Avg. Moon age:
21.78 days
Avg. Moon phase:
23.69%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 1864443

RA center: 04h31m19s.4

DEC center: +18°1228

Pixel scale: 1.279 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 58.074 degrees

Field radius: 0.740 degrees

Resolution: 1824x1373

File size: 1.8 MB

Locations: Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Rowe, New Mexico, United States

Description

Gorgeous object with lots of HH objects! Pretty hard to process. Aldebaran, though located pretty far outside FOV, still creates artifacts.

Looks even more mind-blowing through scopes with larger aperture:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111208.html

https://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1163.html

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Star forming region LDN 1551, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura