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FEST 1-109 Nebulae
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Object:
Fest 1-109, dark nebula in Vela
Notes:

Invading the constellation of Vela is this ominous dark dusty cloud. Catalogued as FEST 1-109, it belongs to the FEST catalogue of dark nebulae, which was published in 1984 by the astronomers Johannes Feitzinger and Janine Stuwe and contains 820 dark nebulae in total.

Thanks to Sakib Rasool who proposed and described this object for me.

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Date:
February 2018
Location:
El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado, Chile
Telescope:
Corrected Newtonian astrograph12" f/3.8
Mount:

Astro-Physics AP1100GTO

Camera:
SBIG STL 1100@ -25°C.
Exposure Time:
L:R:G:B=240:150:150:150mins
 
 
       
 
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