Sharpless 9

Posted by dcrowson
on Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Sh2-9 (LBN 1104-6, Ced 130, DG 136, Gum 65 and others) is a combination of emission and reflection nebulae around the bright star Alniyat (HIP 80112 and others) in Scorpius.

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

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged on June 11th and 16th, 2020 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/50116756293/sizes/l/
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