30min integral RGB exposure for the starfield in the Southmost part of Cen featuring many emission, reflective and dark nebulae and star clusters - captured remotely using Telescope #4 (Nikkor 200mm f/2, FLI Microline 16200) system of ChileScope observatory, also known as VST - a Very Small Telescope)) on Mar 26, 2023.
A wider FOV image of this area in Ha obtained with Chilescope T4 instrument is available under [1]:
[1]
https://www.astrobin.com/gcqtmj/A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of Beta Cen obtained with Chilescope T3 instrument are also available under [2] and [3]:
[2]
https://www.astrobin.com/ojtcmx/C/[3]
https://www.astrobin.com/8gpw0u/A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of HD 119796 (Gum 48d object) with Chilescope T3 instrument are also available under [4]:
[4]
https://www.astrobin.com/1y22f3/A narrower FOV image of the surroundings of HD 119796 (Gum 48a object) with Chilescope T5 instrument are also available under [5]:
[5]
https://www.astrobin.com/9sfvqt/This "corridor" of emission and dark nebulae the lower right part of the frame is of particular interest:
A slightest hint of the ""Ghost of Hadar" nebula is also visible here in the halo of beta Cen [6, 7] (now that we know that it is there
):
[6]
https://www.astrobin.com/ojtcmx/C/[7]
https://www.astrobin.com/8gpw0u/D/
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