Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Lupus (Lup)  ·  Contains:  13.24  ·  3 Lup  ·  3 psi01 Lup  ·  4 Lup  ·  4 psi02 Lup  ·  5 Lup  ·  5 chi Lup  ·  545 Messalina  ·  B228  ·  Lupus  ·  PK341+17.1  ·  The star χ Lup  ·  The star ψ1 Lup  ·  The star ψ2 Lup
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Barnard 228, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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Barnard 228, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers
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Acquisition details

Dates:
May 2, 2022
Frames:
60×300(5h)
Integration:
5h
Avg. Moon age:
1.53 days
Avg. Moon phase:
2.62%

RA center: 15h41m08s.20

DEC center: -33°5439.8

Pixel scale: 4.766 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 91.492 degrees

Field radius: 3.784 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4028x4053

File size: 4.9 MB

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Remote source: Telescope Live

Description

Image of Barnard 228, also known as the Dark Wolf Nebula.
Barnard 228 is part of the Lupus Molecular Cloud, some 500 light-years distant. 

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

Total integration time 300 minutes
LRGB 15 subs of 300s with each filter
Dataset Telescope Live.

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Barnard 228, 



    
        

            Jan Scheers