Sh2-239 (LBN 821) and LDN 1551 Bright Nebula and Dark Nebula in Taurus
Located at: RA 04 hours 31 minutes 21 seconds, Dec +18 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 5.3' x 2.5' and ~3.0'; Magnitude: -- and --; Class: Emission (Sharpless) 3 2 2 and 6 Ir
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25 & -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 700 minutes (70 x 10 minute subs), 02/14/18/19/2009; seeing 2.5-4.1 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.5.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
The bright nebula Sh2-239 is about 9 minutes SSW from the center of Dark Nebula LDN 1551. See here for a 14.5" Tech Pan image |
