LBN 1090

Posted by dcrowson
on Saturday, May 23, 2015

LBN 1090 is a very dim nebula (5 out of a 1-6 scale where 1 is the brightest) located very low in Antlia. The object consists of the very faint dust throughout the field. It rises to around 18 degrees in latitude from my location. This is another of the objects on the Astronomy League’s Bright Nebulae Program.

The odd galaxies at the top center are NGC 3095 and 3100.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged January 15th and April 10th, 2015 at the Danville Conservation Area (New Florence, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/17128897795/sizes/l

After plate-solving and loading into Aladin, it looks like LBN 1090 is classified as an HII area. I have a feeling it would show up much better through an Ha filter but it is way too low for me to take 30 minute Ha exposures during my once a month trips to a dark site.

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