Observation by Graeme Coates: LBN691 - Faint Wisps in Ursa Major

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Graeme Coates

Observer

Graeme Coates

Observed

2021 Mar 01 - 00:00

Uploaded

2021 May 05 - 14:51

Objects

NGC2909

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 09^h30^m
Dec: +66°11'
Position angle: -6°15'

Field size

1°48' × 2°25'

Equipment

Skywatcher Esprit 80ED
MI-250
STF8300M
Baader LRGB filters

Exposure

30.7hr total exposure

Location

EEYE

Target name

LBN691

Title

LBN691 - Faint Wisps in Ursa Major

About this image

LBN691, first catalogued by Lynds (1965) and later discovered to be an emitter of radiation from CO molecules (wavelength = 2.6mm) and catalogued as MBM32, is seen as a large area of faint galactic cirrus. This field is in Ursa Major to the south-west of galactic pairing M81 and M82.

Just cropped off field to the north east (top left) is the mag 7.5 star HD 83126, whose yellow light intrudes into the field of view. Some small galaxies exist in the background of the field, far behind the tenuous gas, with only one single entry in the NGC catalogue (NGC2909) in view: shrouded by the main area of LBN691, this is not a distant island of stars, but instead a pair in our own galaxy.

Image acquired Feb/March 2021.
Acquisition: G Coates & P Tribe
Processing: G Coates

Files associated with this observation

LBN691_MBM32_BAA.jpg (1.8 MB)

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