Observation by Graeme Coates: LDN (Lynds' Dark Nebula) 673 in Aquila

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Paul Downing

Observer

Graeme Coates

Observed

2020 Jul 31 - 23:00

Uploaded

2020 Nov 07 - 12:08

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Constellation

Aquila

Field centre

RA: 19^h20^m
Dec: +11°11'
Position angle: -4°46'

Field size

1°43' × 2°28'

Equipment

Skywatcher Esprit ED80 camera
SBIG STF8300 camera

Exposure

15.7hr total

Location

EEYE

Target name

LDN673

Title

LDN (Lynds' Dark Nebula) 673 in Aquila

About this image

LDN 673 is a very dense and highly fractured dark cloud complex in the Aquila Rift (near to its center). It is located some 400 – 500 light-years from Earth. Graeme comments that in many ways it looks like ancient hieroglyphs scrawled over the night sky. The Aquila Rift forms a huge mass of dark molecular clouds and consists of numerous small and large nebulae, including a small, yellowish nebula in the western (right) boundary of the upper portion of the main dark lane, which seems to be catalogued as GN 19.18.0 and Bernes 16. Many of the nebulae have been identified and were catalogued in 1962 by B.T. Lynds in his "Catalogue of dark nebulae".

There are also lots of other interesting, smaller nebulae in and around the region, especially around the T Tauri multiple star system AS 353, where multiple Herbig-Haro objects have been discovered. Graeme notes that the area would make a very interesting field for close up study.

Image Acquisition: Graeme Coates and Paul Tribe

Processing: Graeme Coates

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