Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  Puppis  ·  The star σ Pup  ·  W Pup  ·  sig Pup
BBW-56, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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BBW-56

Revision title: V2

BBW-56, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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BBW-56

Revision title: V2

Acquisition details

Dates:
Nov. 27, 2022
Frames:
50×600(8h 20′)
Integration:
8h 20′
Avg. Moon age:
3.99 days
Avg. Moon phase:
16.96%

RA center: 07h34m51s.10

DEC center: -42°0725.6

Pixel scale: 4.763 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 91.182 degrees

Field radius: 3.760 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4048x3988

File size: 6.0 MB

Locations: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Manton, New South Wales, Australia

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Description

BBW56 is a large molecular cloud in the Gum Nebula (Gum 12), in the southern constellation of Puppis.
It is surrounded by 9 cometary globules and is likely to have been shaped by a similar process to these adjacent CGs.

LHaRGB-image acquired with the Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in Heaven's Mirror Observatory in Australia.

Total integration time 500 minutes
LHaRGB: 10 sub-frames of 600s with each filter (L, H-alpha, R, G and OIII).
Dataset from Telescope Live.

Processing with PixInsight (using AutoIntegrate.js), StaXTerminator, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and NoiseXTerminator plug-ins.

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Title: V2

Description: increased brightness

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BBW-56, 



    
        

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