Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aquila (Aql)  ·  Contains:  29 Aql  ·  The star ω2 Aql
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LDN673, alistairmac
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Taken in 2021 between the 16th - 18th July in nautical darkness, but we take clear nights whilst we can ;-).

LDN is approx 7 LY across in Aquila and approx 300-600 LY distant. It is very dim due to the dust which makes it difficult for me to image in semi-light conditions, in fact, I'm not sure why I even attempted this, and nor why i hadn't attempted processing. I would really like to try this with a wider field of view so i can 1, capture the entire object, and 2, appreciate the scale.

Taken from my twin 152 rig and i started with over 30 hours of subs, but they got culled back down to approx 23 hours due to high cloud, light etc. This image is made from,
L 188x300"
R 77x120"
G 79x120"
B 90x120"

Thanks for looking

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