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Object
............................................ Barnard 72 - Snake
Nebula
Constellation .............................. Ophiuchus
Distance + Ap. Magnitude......... 650 Light Years - 6.5
Date + Time ............................... 9 - 29 / 7/2013
Location ....................................
Remote imaging from iTelescope.net -
Sliding spring Australia
Optics .........................................
Takahashi
FSQ ED
Tools .......................................... ACP
Camera .....................................
SBIG STL
11000M
Exposure Time....................... LRGB :
L= 18X300 sec -RGB 6 X 600 (each)
More Details ...........................
Environment Temperature : ---- Camera Temperature -30οC
Mount ....................................... Paramount
ME
Guiding ....................................
Off axis guided
Processing Details ................ Photoshop ,
Maxim , CCDsoft
Notes ........................................
Weather: - - Transparence: - - Humidity : - -
Target details .........................
The Snake Nebula (also known as Barnard 72) is
a dark
nebula in the
Ophiuchus constellation. It is a small but readily apparent
S-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star
clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the
Pipe Nebula. Its thickness runs between 2′ and 3′ and runs
around 6′ in the north-west / south-east orientation. A good view in
a 4" to 6" telescope requires clear dark skies.
It is part of the much larger
Dark Horse Nebula.
To the right side of the Snake Nebula is found
Barnard 68. Below it are found
Barnard 69,
Barnard 70, and
Barnard 74. |
