Observation by Simon Paul Davis: Scorpion Nebula S50

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Simon Paul Davis

Observer

Simon Paul Davis

Observed

2026 Aug 11 - 22:15

Uploaded

2026 Aug 25 - 11:21

Objects

LDN 1147

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Constellation

Cepheus

Field centre

RA: 20^h37^m
Dec: +67°21'
Position angle: +90°48'

Field size

1°17' × 1°24'

Equipment

Seestar S50

Exposure

1600 x 30s

Location

Hampshire

Target name

Dark Scorpion Nebula

Title

Scorpion Nebula S50

About this image

A three panel mosaic taken over 3 nights (11,12 and 19th August). Even with three panels the image does not cover the extent of the whole nebula. This took many hours of processing (and ~120 Gbytes of storage!) with PixInsight and still has artefacts of the join between panels.

Files associated with this observation

LBN1147_mosaic_final.jpg (2.4 MB)

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