IC 4628, SL-17 and the Dark Tower Wide-Field (Zak Jones)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: IC 4628 · NGC 6192 · NGC 6231 · NGC 6242 · NGC 6249 · NGC 6268 · The star ζ1 Sco · The star ζ2 Sco

IC 4628, SL-17 and the Dark Tower Wide-Field, Zak Jones

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IC 4628, SL-17 and the Dark Tower Wide-Field

IC 4628, SL-17 and The Dark Tower

This was a very interesting project for me. I wanted to image the Prawn Nebula again, but I didn't even know that there were also two other objects that are not too far away from it: SL-17 and the Dark Tower.

I only found out about them when I was planning how I was going to frame the Prawn Nebula using Telescopius' telescope simulator feature. After some trial and error, this was the framing I came up with. Very happy with how this turned out, especially since it is now my longest integration time at just under 7 hours, which was shot over 3 consecutive nights.

I am particularly fond of SL-17, as it is a very interesting target that actually looks really cool. I will one day definitely be imaging it on it's own for sure, as I have seen amazing images of it here on AstroBin. Don't get me wrong, I love the Prawn Nebula and the Dark Tower too, but I think SL-17 is definitely one of the coolest dark nebulae in the night sky. Just like SL-17, I am also hoping to image the Prawn Nebula and the Dark Tower individually over the next year.

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