LDN 673
Image information:
| Date: | 06/19/2025 |
| Equipment: | Altair Hypercam 533C colour camera through Sky-Watcher Esprit 80 ED telescope on Pegasus Astro NYX-101 mount. The telescope was working at f5 with Sky-Watcher field flattener. |
| Image type: | OSC |
| Exposure time: | 100X3min, gain 250 (0.8e/ADU) |
| Comment: |
Object information:
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Object designations: |
LDN 673 (Lynd's Dark Nebula 673) |
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Object type: |
Dark nebula |
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Object size: |
80' X 60' |
| Constellation: |
Aquila
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Comment: |
LDN 673 is a dark nebula situated in the center of the Aquila Rift. The Aquila Rift is a great mass of dark molecular clouds along the summer Milky Way through the constellations Aquila, Serpens, and eastern Ophiuchus. We can see it because it is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from the numerous background stars behind it. LDN 673's dusty molecular clouds contain enough raw material to form thousands of stars. There are already several star forming areas visible in it. The nebula is about 600 ly distant and it has the diameter of 14 ly. |
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