B 64 (LDN 173) Dark Nebula in Ophiuchus
Center of field at approximately: RA 17 hours 17 minutes 38 seconds, Dec -18 degrees 29 minutes 18 seconds
Size: 12; x 8.0'; Magnitude: --; Class: 6 Co
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 490 minutes (49 x 10 minute subs), 08/10/11/12/14/2009; seeing 2.7-4.8 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.4, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | B 64 is centered in this image ... the Dark Lane to the SSE (lower left) seems to be LDN 175. The CDS position for B 64 is -18 23, the position for LDN 175 is -18 31.2. My software (Megastar v5.0.12) lists B 64 at -18 31 03, and the approximate position of the area of LDN 175 as -18 40. M 9 is the Globular Cluster to the East (left) |