Another nice target in the vast dust and hydrogen clouds in Scorpius and one that I missed whilst imaging various others this summer using iTelescope's excellent ASA 250/950 Astrograph setup (T75) located at the Bortle 1 skies Deep Sky Chile observatory. Data for this image were acquired between March and July 2024 by Telescope Live, using the CHI-1 Planewave CDK24 system at the neighbouring El Sauce observatory.
The Fenrir Nebula (SL-17), also known as the Dark Wolf. is a dark nebula comprising a dense cloud of dust and molecular gases. It takes its nickname from its resemblance to a howling wolf.
Dark nebulae (also absorption nebulae) are a type of
interstellar cloud, particularly
molecular clouds, that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission and reflection nebulae. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains in the coldest, densest parts of molecular clouds. Dark clouds appear so because of sub-micrometre-sized dust particles, coated with frozen carbon monoxide and nitrogen, which effectively block the passage of light at visible wavelengths. The clouds are the spawning grounds of new stars. Source: Wikipedia
Data acquired & calibrated by Telescope Live. Telescope CHI-1, El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile.
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