Close-up of Pipe Nebula

Deep Sky Object in Summer

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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
R.A.	17h 30m (rough position)
Dec.	-26° (rough position)
Apparent Size	420'×120'
Real Size	About 100 light yrs.
Magnitude	-
Distance	N/A

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.

Around Pipe Nebula

Around B97

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