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LDN 673 " The Chinese Character", Christoph Lichtblau
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LDN 673 " The Chinese Character"

LDN 673 " The Chinese Character", Christoph Lichtblau
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LDN 673 " The Chinese Character"

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This beautiful dark nebula complex can be observed from both hemispheres quite well. Last year I startet a try from my backyard but there was no chance due to my light pollution here. Luckily, I kept the data and could use the brighter stars , taken with my  lacerta newtonian for a nice and deep version done with my hyperstar in Namibia. By deeper exposing the dark clouds show brighter areas with shades of grey and blue while the background stars seemed to be covered by a thin layer of dust. The region in the Aquila Rift is an active star nursery and there are two reflection nebulae quite well visible. In the right angle one looks like a burning candle while the whole appearence of the dark nebula strongle remembers on a chinese character. Interesting is a very blue star near the middle of the nebula. Hope you like it.

Cheers, Christoph

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LDN 673 " The Chinese Character", Christoph Lichtblau