Description
Sharpless 2-64 (W40) is an emission nebula in Serpens about 1000 light years distant and is shown near the bottom right corner of the above image. It is part of the Serpens Cloud Complex, and as the image suggests, it is a complex region containing many catalogued Lynd Dark Nebula (LDN), SH-2-64, and several unidentified emission nebula (bright region toward the upper left, and a fainter red region directly below about 2/3 toward the bottom).
Exposure: 7 2/3 hrs: 3 hrs RGB, 2 hrs Lum, 2 2/3 hrs H-a
Telescope: Takahashi Super-Reduced TOA130 760 mm f/5.8
Mount: PlaneWave Ascension A200h
Oag: SBIG ST-402 on BORG AG50B 2" Guide Scope
Acquisition: ACP-8 Expert
Calibration: CCDStack v2
Observatory Site: iTelescope.net, Siding Spring, NSW, Australia
Telescope: Takahashi Super-Reduced TOA130 760 mm f/5.8
Mount: PlaneWave Ascension A200h
Oag: SBIG ST-402 on BORG AG50B 2" Guide Scope
Acquisition: ACP-8 Expert
Calibration: CCDStack v2
Observatory Site: iTelescope.net, Siding Spring, NSW, Australia
Camera: SBIG STX16803
Filters: Astrodon 5 nm H-a, E-Series LRGB
Guider: SX Lodestar
Camera Operation: MaximDL 5.24
Processing: Photoshop CC 2017
Image Date: 06/24/2017 - 06/30/2017
Filters: Astrodon 5 nm H-a, E-Series LRGB
Guider: SX Lodestar
Camera Operation: MaximDL 5.24
Processing: Photoshop CC 2017
Image Date: 06/24/2017 - 06/30/2017
The upper left nebula was discovered in 2019 by Xavier Strottner and Marcel Drechsler and is catalogued as StDr Object 13.