Bernes 142

From time to time I obtain data sets from remote observatories. One of my favorite providers is Telescope Live with telescopes in e.g. Chile, Australia and Spain. One of the data sets I received, was data from the dark nebula BE 142 located in the constellation Chameleon.

Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows:

BE142 annotated

The images were taken with the following equipment (AUS-2 CCD, Telescope Live):

• Location: Heaven’s Mirror Observatory, Australia
• Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
• Focal length [mm]: 390
• Focal ratio: 3.6
• Mount: Paramount MX+
• Camera: FLI Proline 16803
• Filter: L:R:G:B
• Exposure time [min]: 180:190:190:180
• Resolution: 4.74″/px