Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | IC 1284 (upper left) and NGC 6590 (lower right) |
| Object type | Combination emission and reflection nebulae |
| Coordinates | 18h18min, - 19°46' (Sagittarius ) |
| Description | There is hardly any background sky in this very dusty part of the southern Milky Way. These two beautiful objects can be found about halfway between the Trifid Nebula (M 20) and the Swan or Omega Nebula (M 17). Blueish reflection nebulae and brownish dark interstellar cloud appear to be superposed on the pink emission nebula. North is up in this approx. 20x30 arcmin field. |
| Exposure | LRGB 90:30:30:30 min @ -25°C ; L exposures 15 min, RGB exposures 10 min binned 2x2 |
| Camera | SBIG STL-11000 with Astronomik Type II filter set - selfguided. |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta 11, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 07Aug2004 - 03:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 6, Seeing 4, Temperature + 9°C |
