LDN 43 from Telescope Live AUS-2-CCD
In 2025 I received a data set of this object from one of my favorite providers, Telescope Live with telescopes in e.g. Chile, Australia and Spain. LDN (Lynd’s Dark Nebulae) 43 is a dark nebula, also known as the cosmic bat, located in the constellation Ophiuchus.
Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows:
There are also four asteroids in the image:
- (5) Astraea with magv=11.1
- (2084) Okayama with magv=16.1
- (2435) Horemheb with magv=17.4
- (3632) Grachevka with magv=18.0
The images were taken with the following equipment:
- Date: 2025
- Location: Heaven’s mirror Observatory, Australia
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
- Focal length [mm]: 382
- Focal ratio: 3.6
- Mount: Paramount MX+
- Camera: QHY 600M Pro
- Filter: L:R:G:B
- Exposure time [min]: 150:150:150:150
- Resolution: 1.46″/px
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