Deep Sky Object in Summer
Pipe Nebula & surrounding area
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| Date & Time: | Apr 29 2011, from 25:02 to 25:29 JST(0900), 5min.×6shots |
| Apr 29 2011, from 25:40 to 26:06 JST(+0900), 5min.×6shots |
| Mosaic of 2 images |
| Optical: | AF zoom-Nikkor ED 80-200mmF2.8 (f=135mm, Aperture: F2.8) |
| with IDAS LPS-P2-FF Light-pollution suppression filter |
| Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial |
| Digital Camera: | Canon EOS 550D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Koumi town, Nagano pref. |
| Camera Settings: | Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5184×3456) |
| CCD Sensitivity...ISO800 |
| LDN1773 / Dark Nebula, type 6 Ir |
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| R.A. | 17h 30m (rough position) |
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| Dec. | -26° (rough position) |
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| Apparent Size | 420'×120' |
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| Real Size | About 100 light yrs. |
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| Magnitude | - |
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| Distance | N/A |
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This page shows you a close-up image around the Pipe Nebula captured with a telephoto lens.
You can detect only dark patch in the Milky Way through binoculars with your naked eyes, but this image can show you fairly complicated structures.
The pipe nebula has many individual catalogue numbers of dark nebula.
In upper center, this image includes the Snake Nebula at the leg of Ophiuchus.
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Dark nebulae around pipe nebula |
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Wide-field image around Pipe Nebula
| Date & Time: | Apr 30 2025, from 24:38 to 25:20 JST(0900) |
| Composed 11 shots with 4 minutes exposed |
| Optical: | AF zoom-Nikkor ED 80-200mmF2.8 (f=105mm, Aperture: F4.0) |
| with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter |
| Auto-guided with Kenko SKYMEMO S Equatorial |
| Digital Camera: | Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled) |
| Location: | Furudono town, Fukushima pref. |
| Camera Settings: | Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648) |
| Device Size...35×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO1600 |
The northern part of the Pipe Nebula lies within the Milky Way in the southern region of Ophiuchus, which has the most well-developed dark nebulae visible from Japan.
Notable features include B268, the largest, and B63, which has a distinctive curved sausage-like shape.
While it is challenging to discern clear outlines with the naked eye, wide-angle lenses can capture various dark nebulae drifting in a mesh-like pattern.
This image has cropped with an equivalent focal length of 120 mm.
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Dark nebulae north of pipe nebula |
