LDN 43 The Cosmic Bat Nebula

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“It really does look like a bat, and hence its name, The Cosmic Bat Nebula. This dark nebula, LND 43, is located in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It is obscuring a larger bright nebula behind it, LBN 7. LBN 7 is the illuminated dust surrounding the dark nebula.”

 

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Date : February 2025
Location : El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado, Coquimbo, Chile

Equipment used :
 Lens or telescope -- Planewave CDK24
 Mount -- Mathis MI-1000/1250 with absolute encoders
 Camera -- QHY 600M with Astrodon Gen2 LRGB filters


Acquistion Software : Telescope Live
Processing Software : PixInsight, Photoshop

Exposure Detail : Total hours  10.5           LRGB

Filter

# exposures

Time (sec)

Binning

Temp

  

Total hrs.

Red

31

300

2x2

    

2.58

Green

30

300

2x2

    

2.5

Blue

33

300

2x2

    

2.75

Lum

32

300

2x2

    

2.66

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