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HMSTG44

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 9:36 pm
by dcrowson
HMSTG44 (containing CG 22, BRAN 154, FEST 2-16 and several entries in the PGCC catalog) is the dark nebula running from the top to the bottom of the image. At Dec -33, this one is in Pyxis near the border of Puppis. More information on HMSTG catalog of “southern dark clouds” can be found here - http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/ ... ..63...27H.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged on January 15th and 16th, 2021 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 7/sizes/l/

Image

Dan

Re: HMSTG44

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 10:53 pm
by TheButcher
Excellent Dcrow!

Re: HMSTG44

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 11:43 pm
by pakarinen
That's really an outstanding pic.

Re: HMSTG44

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 1:19 am
by Larry 1969
Dark nebulae are so cool! 8-)
Thanks for sharing!

Larry

Re: HMSTG44

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 1:30 am
by Michael131313
WOW. Spectacular image. Look at all those stars and then they are blocked out. Thanks.

Re: HMSTG44

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 5:44 am
by MariusD69
Wonderful! Great job!!

Re: HMSTG44

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 3:21 pm
by Gmetric
How on earth did you manage to pull that out of the darkness and still keep that super busy starfield under control! Beautifully processed, Dan ;)