Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  Agena (β Cen)  ·  Bungula (α1 Cen)  ·  NGC 5045  ·  NGC 5281  ·  NGC 5316  ·  Part of the constellation Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Proxima Centauri (α Cen C)  ·  The star Hadar  ·  The star J Cen  ·  The star Proxima  ·  The star Rigil Kentaurus  ·  The star m Cen  ·  The star α Cir  ·  The star α2 Cen  ·  The star θ Cir  ·  Toliman
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Circinus-Centaurus starfield panorama in Ha, Alexandr Zaytsev
Circinus-Centaurus starfield panorama in Ha, Alexandr Zaytsev
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Circinus-Centaurus starfield panorama in Ha, Alexandr Zaytsev
Circinus-Centaurus starfield panorama in Ha, Alexandr Zaytsev

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Description

3h integral Ha exposure for the central area Centaurus 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)), over 2 separate observational session carried out on Mar 28 & 29, 2023. The image is a panorama of 2 separate 1.4h long Ha exposures.


A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of Beta Cen obtained with Chilescope T3 instrument are also available under [1] and [2]:

[1] https://www.astrobin.com/ojtcmx/C/

[2] https://www.astrobin.com/8gpw0u/


A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of HD 119796 (Gum 48d object) with Chilescope T3 instrument are also available under [3]:

[3] https://www.astrobin.com/1y22f3/


A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of HD 125158 (RCW 85 HII region) with Chilescope T3 instrument are also available under [4]:

[4] https://www.astrobin.com/502va6/D/


A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of HD 119796 (Gum 48a object) with Chilescope T5 instrument are also available under [5]:

[5] https://www.astrobin.com/9sfvqt/

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Title: Version of the original revision image with partial star suppression applied

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Title: Annotated version of the image created manually with PixInsight

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Title: Custom annotated subframe of original exposure for surroundings of Beta Cen and diffuse structures around it

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Circinus-Centaurus starfield panorama in Ha, Alexandr Zaytsev