Barnard 142/143 (Aql)

Barnard 142/143 (Aql)

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Date/Site: July 11., 2016, Puntagorda, La Palma
Exposure/
Filter:
LRGB each 6 x 180 seconds
(all -20°C)
Camera: QSI 632 with SBIG- and Baader-filters
Optics/
Instrument:
4"-TMB of the AAR on Klaus Weyer's EQ6
Guiding: Lodestar attached to a 61mm-finder,
focusing withUSB_Focus and FocusMax,
image acquisition, calibration: MaximDL 6,
processing with PixInsight 1.8

One of the most famous objects I never found from downtown in my youth. Under Pa Palma's pristine skies the pitch black holes were a treat with Thomas' giant binoculars.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  03.12.2023