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The Details |
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Object |
Barnard's Loop in Orion |
Optics |
180mm Nikon EDAF lens |
Platform |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO |
Camera |
SBIG ST-10XME |
Filters |
Custom Scientific 3nm Hydrogen-Alpha |
Date |
13 and 14 December 2004 |
Location |
Mount Wilson Observatory - Mount Wilson, CA |
Exposure |
Ha 2 x 9 x 1200 sec, 1x1 bin, 2-pane mosaic |
Software |
Maxim DL/CCD, Registar, Photoshop |
| Orientation | Field of View: 08°28’ x 3°08’ centered on RA 05h54m11s DEC -02 °43’29”. North angle 0 °; east 90° CCW from north |
| Notes | E.E. Barnard discovered this vast and expanding ionized hydrogen cloud by long exposure photographs in 1895. The gas is being blown out and illuminated by very hot nearby O and B stars in Orion. |
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