Dark Tower

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Dark Tower – Cometary Globule GN 16.43.7.01 in Scorpius – LHaRGB v1

A lesser known object, the Cometary Globule GN 16.43.7.01, nick-named Dark Tower gained some popularity, especially since ESO’s publication of an image taken with the VLT.

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IAS – Internationale Amateursternwarte e.V. – Hakos Observatory, Namibia
IAS remote telescope “Dieter”
Lacerta 12″ Newton f/4, ASA DDM85XL-A, QHY268M, Baader LRGB Ha 6.5 nm filters
71 x L, 32x R, 30x G, 30x B 120s, 21x Ha 180s, mode 1, gain 56, offset 10, -5C, 20 flats, 30 darks, 50 bias
Total time: 23340s / 6h29
Data acquisition: IAS remote team / Martin Junius
Data calibration/integration: PixInsight WBPP
Image processing: PixInsight, BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator, Lightroom, slight crop

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Dark Tower – Cometary Globule GN 16.43.7.01 in Scorpius – LHaRGB v1 – Annotated