LDN169 in Serpens (Konstantin Firsov)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Libra (Lib) · Contains: 1 del Oph · 2 eps Oph · 25 A02 Ser · 30 Ser · 32 mu. Ser · 36 b Ser · IC 1136 · LBN 10 · LBN 11 · LBN 15 · LBN 18 · LBN 19 · LBN 23 · LBN 36 · LBN 37 · LBN 8 · LDN 134 · LDN 169 · LDN 183 · NGC 6033 · Sh2-33 · The star 25Ser · The star 36Ser · The star Yed Posterior (εOph) · The star Yed Prior (δOph) · The star μSer · Yed Posterior · Yed Prior

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LDN169 in Serpens

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LDN169 in Serpens

Someone up there was not careful enough, sweeping the dust in Serpens

Looking at my wide-field Sco-Oph image taken in 2018 during my Crete vacation I decided to make a deeper shot of an area between Yed Prior and Mu Ser. Getting to Crete in June 2021 was quite a tricky thing because of all that limitations. But we were lucky

This image was taken almost from the sea shore, though the seeing became a trade-off between my plans to take night sky images and my wife's wish to enjoy the sea. I'd like to thank everybody who welcomed us in Agia Fotia (Rethymno)

The lens was stopped down to f/2.0. Should have stopped to f/2.2. I've been using a guidescope mainly to Polar-align precisely and perform Ra dithering.

Dark Nebula
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)

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RA (center)	16h01m20s.32
RA (top/left)	16h21m38s.80
RA (top/right)	15h41m05s.20
RA (bottom/right)	15h40m51s.23
RA (bottom/left)	16h21m44s.58

Dec (center)	-03°38′43″.1
Dec (top/left)	-00°17′06″.9
Dec (top/right)	-00°15′05″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	-06°59′13″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	-07°00′59″.9

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