IC 1284 (Sharpless 37, Ced 157d, Gum 78, RCW 153a and others) is the large
Ha nebula located approximately 6,000 light-years away in Sagittarius. The stars in this one are designated as open cluster Dias 5.
vdB 118 (
IC 1283,
NGC 6589, LBN 46 and others) is the blue reflection nebula closest to
IC 1284.
vdB 119 (
NGC 6590, Ced 157b, DG 150, LBN 43 and others) is the blue reflection nebula further below vdB 118. This one is also designated as open cluster
NGC 6595.
LDN 315 is the dark nebula that surrounds most of all of the above.
Ha – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 24:24:25x600s – 240:240:250 minutes – binned 1x1
970 minutes total exposure – 16 hours 10 minutes
Imaged over thirteen nights in May, June and July, 2022 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at
f/6.5 3974 mm.
HaRGB -
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This data is from Telescope Live (
https://telescope.live/) “One-click Observations.”
Dan
