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Acquisition, Calibration- Mike Selby

Post-processing- Warren Keller

Telescope- RiDK 500

Mounts- Planewave

Camera- FLI PL16803

Filters: Chroma LRGB 2"

Software: StarKeeper.it Voyager

Location- Obstech, El Sauce, Chile

PixInsight 1.8.9, Photoshop 2022

Object description at www.billionsandbillions.com

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Description:

Either the universe enjoys Halloween aesthetics, or someone, somewhere in the cosmos is in dire need of the masked vigilante known here on Earth as Batman, the Dark Knight, to cleanse their world of undesirables. This is a Bat-Signal if I’ve ever seen one, and it is the only rational explanation for such a signal emerging from the Interstellar Medium.

 

Well… either that, or there was a slow collapse and fragmentation of a giant cloud that gathered extremely cold gas and microscopic dust particles through gravity into denser and denser regions over millions of years, eventually creating a shape that somewhat resembles a bat. Now tell me which is more likely… Exactly!!

 

This is LDN 43, better known as the Dark Bat Nebula, a dense molecular cloud located within our galaxy. Rather than shining brightly like an emission nebula, clouds like these reveal themselves by doing the exact opposite: absorbing and blocking the light of the stars behind them. The result is a cosmic silhouette so striking that nature accidentally recreated one of humanity’s most recognizable modern symbols.

 

Captured from the desert skies of Kuwait using my Askar 140 APO at a focal length of 784.2mm, this image was a pleasure to shoot and a nightmare to process. Enjoy!

 

Equipment:

Imaging Telescopes: 2x Askar 140APO

 

Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

 

Equatorial mounts used: MLAstro SAL-33 · Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro · ZWO AM5N

 

Filters:

Antlia Luminance 36 mm Chroma Blue 36 mm Chroma Green 36 mm Chroma Red 36 mm

 

Accessories: Askar 0.8x Full Frame Reducer / Flattener for 140APO Telescope

 

Acquisition details

Dates: May 11 - 12, 2026

 

Sub frames:

Luminance: 116×300″(9h 40′)

Blue: 23×300″(1h 55′)

Green: 40×300″(3h 20′)

Red: 36×300″(3h)

 

Total integration: 17h 55′

 

Locations: Al Salmy Desert, Al Jahra Governorate, Kuwait

Image data courtesy of the

Telescope Live remote imaging platform.

 

Planewave CDK24 60cm f/6.5 telescope.

 

QHY600M CMOS camera

LRGB image.

 

Image acquisition:

16 x 300-second exposures per filter.

 

26-02-2025 to 12-03-2025

 

North is down in this view.

 

Processed with Astro Pixel Processor, PixInsight, Blur Xterminator, Star Xterminator, Noise Xterminator and Affinity Photo.

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At the remote heart of the Ophiuchus constellation, LDN 43 emerges like a dark wound carved into the starry fabric of the Milky Way. It is a dark nebula, made not of light, but of absence. A silent presence that imposes itself by subtracting luminosity, veiling everything behind it with primordial dust.

 

This image was born from a challenge: to make the invisible visible. Photographing a dark nebula means working in the depth of darkness, where light is scarce, signal is subtle, and every step in post-processing risks disrupting the fragile balance between realism and perception.

 

Denoising becomes a double-edged sword. Too aggressive, and the fine grain of interstellar dust vanishes; too weak, and noise creeps in, blurring the line between what is real and what is digital artifact. Contrast must be applied with equal restraint: push it too far and the ethereal gradients are broken; hold back too much and the image feels flat, void of depth and dimension.

 

Every step was taken with respect for the subject, as if the nebula itself had asked not to be forced into visibility, but only whispered into existence. I approached this image more through subtraction than enhancement, allowing its darkness to speak, without trying to illuminate it fully. Because LDN 43 is not seen through light, but through silence.

 

Clear Skies.

Simone

Located in the constellation of Ophiuchus, this nebula strongly resembles a bat, so it was quickly nicknamed The Cosmic Bat nebula. LDN 43 is a dark nebula and star forming region, that contains the reflection nebula RNO90 and RNO91, that are illuminated by young stellar objects. LDN 43 is one of the closest star forming regions lying at about 1400 light-years distance.

In the middle lower part of the image, next to a yellow star, LEDA 3868080 can be seen. This galaxy lies over 400 million light-years from and is slightly larger than our galaxy.

 

Color image taken at the remote observatory from the E-Eye site in Spain. The image is composed of 25 hours of exposure time with the ZWO ASI-2600MC color camera using a Takahashi CCA250 f3.6 astrograph, riding a unguided 10Micron GM2000.

Redcat 51/ZWO 533 MC pro/Optolong Lpro/AM3/ASIAIR

 

31 x 5 minute subs=2 hours and 35 minutes of integration

Location: Linden Blue Mountains Bortle 4.6

 

AstroPixel Processor/Pixinsight/Photoshop CS6

 

TS PHOTOLINE 115/800 x0.79

ZWO ASI 294 MM

NEQ6 Frankenstein

L:93x300"

RGB:24x150"

Total: 11 horas

Navas de Estena (Spain)

Flourostar 91 at 537mm

ZWO 533 MC Pro

EQ6-R-Pro mount

68 x 300 secs

Pixinsught/ Photoshop

Leyburn, July 2025

Wings of Dust: The Cosmic Bat – LDN 43

 

Soaring silently across the Opiuchus constellation, LDN 43 stretches its cosmic wings against a canvas of starlight. This dark nebula is composed of thick interstellar dust that obscures the background stars, creating the silhouette of what resembles a celestial bat in flight.

 

But this bat isn’t just made of shadow - within its dark folds, new stars are being born. LDN 43 is part of a complex region of star formation, where gravity pulls dense dust clouds together until nuclear fusion ignites. The surrounding golden and blue hues come from background stars peeking through less-dense patches of dust, subtly illuminating the edges of this celestial phantom.

 

Explore the high-res version:

app.astrobin.com/?i=0629ha

 

Follow my journey through the dark and dusty corners of our galaxy:

linktr.ee/deepskyjourney

 

Acquisition & Processing:

 

Luminance: 32×300″ (2h 40′)

Red: 31×300″ (2h 35′)

Green: 30×300″ (2h 30′)

Blue: 33×300″ (2h 45′)

  

Image captured under varying moon phases, with transparency ranging from 21% to 76%. Processing focused on preserving the soft gradations of dust while gently enhancing color and contrast.

  

Total Integration: 10h 30′ in LRGB from Telescope.Live (credit).

Copyright: Rod Prazeres Astrophotography

Soaring silently across the Opiuchus constellation, LDN 43 stretches its cosmic wings against a canvas of starlight. This dark nebula is composed of thick interstellar dust that obscures the background stars, creating the silhouette of what resembles a celestial bat in flight.

 

But this bat isn’t just made of shadow - within its dark folds, new stars are being born. LDN 43 is part of a complex region of star formation, where gravity pulls dense dust clouds together until nuclear fusion ignites. The surrounding golden and blue hues come from background stars peeking through less-dense patches of dust, subtly illuminating the edges of this celestial phantom.

 

Explore the high-res version:

app.astrobin.com/?i=0629ha

 

Follow my journey through the dark and dusty corners of our galaxy:

linktr.ee/deepskyjourney

 

Acquisition & Processing:

 

Luminance: 32×300″ (2h 40′)

Red: 31×300″ (2h 35′)

Green: 30×300″ (2h 30′)

Blue: 33×300″ (2h 45′)

  

Image captured under varying moon phases, with transparency ranging from 21% to 76%. Processing focused on preserving the soft gradations of dust while gently enhancing color and contrast.

  

Total Integration: 10h 30′ in LRGB from Telescope.Live (credit).

Copyright: Rod Prazeres Astrophotography

Don’t be fooled by the title; the mysterious, almost mystical bright light emerging from these thick, ominous clouds is actually a telltale sign of star formation. Here, a very young star is being born in the guts of the dark cloud LDN 43 — a massive blob of gas, dust, and ices, gathered 520 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer).

 

Stars are born from cosmic dust and gas, which floats freely in space until gravity forces it to bind together. The hidden newborn star in this image, revealed only by light reflected onto the plumes of the dark cloud, is named RNO 91. It is what astronomers call a pre-main sequence star, meaning that it has not yet started burning hydrogen in its core.

 

This image is based on data gathered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Judy Schmidt.

 

Read more on the ESA website: www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Sunset_in_Mordor

Telescopio: Tecnosky 70AG F5

Camera Cmos: Player One Poseidon-M PRO

Montatura: IOptron CEM120EC

Guida Telescopio:PLAYER ONE FHD-OAG MAX Lodestar X2

Software: Voyager - PixInsight

Light: L 45X300 BIN 1X1 - R 8X300 BIN 1X1 - G 8X300 BIN 1X1 - B 8X300 BIN 1X1 - 11 Dark 11 Flat 11 Bias

Filtri: Optolong L 50.8 – Optolong R 50.8 – Optolong G 50.8 – Optolong B 50.8 – Optolong HA 3NM 50.8 – Optolong OIII 3NM 50.8 – Optolong SII 3NM 50.8

Accessori: Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox· Focheggiatore Elettronico FocusCube V2 Pegasus Astro

Data: 31-07-2025 01-08-2025

Luogo di Ripresa: San Lorenzo Gualdo Tadino(PG)

Luna: 43% 53%

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Don’t be fooled by the title; the mysterious, almost mystical bright light emerging from these thick, ominous clouds is actually a telltale sign of star formation. Here, a very young star is being born in the guts of the dark cloud LDN 43 — a massive blob of gas, dust, and ices, gathered 520 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer).

 

More information: www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1331a/

 

Credit:

ESA/Hubble & NASA

Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

🌌 LDN 43 – The Cosmic Bat Nebula ✨

 

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Emerging from the darkness of interstellar space, LDN 43, also known as the Cosmic Bat Nebula, is a striking dark nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus. Its dense clouds of cosmic dust obscure the background stars, creating an eerie silhouette reminiscent of a bat in flight.

 

🔹 A Stellar Nursery: LDN 43 is a star-forming region where young protostars are taking shape deep within its dusty cocoon.

🔹 The Power of Darkness: Unlike emission or reflection nebulae, dark nebulae are visible not because they shine, but because they block light from stars and nebulae behind them.

🔹 Hidden Protostars: Inside LDN 43, infrared observations have revealed the presence of forming stars, their light struggling to escape the thick veil of dust.

 

📌 Constellation: Ophiuchus 🌌

📏 Distance: ~520 light-years

📍 Coordinates: RA 16h 34m 36s, Dec -15° 47′ 00″

⭐ Apparent Magnitude: ~11.0 (varies across different regions due to high opacity)

 

A celestial specter, drifting through the cosmos—what do you see in its intricate patterns? 🔭✨

 

Lights: 126x300" (LRGB)

Telescope: Planewave CDK24

Camera: QHY 600M

Filters: LRGB Astrodon

Processed: Pixinsight

Date: 04/03/2025

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Hubble Space Telescope image of the nebula LDN 43.

Another Southern dark nebula

The image was recorded in 15 hours at my remote observatory in Hakos-Namibia with a SW Esprit 120ED , ZWO ASI2600MC camera on a 10 Micron 2000HPS mount

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Other views of Space Invader LDN_43 HERE

A flying bat in Ophiuchus.

  

Cruising around at a distance of around 1400 light years from us is LDN43 - the Flying Bat. It is beautiful example of a dark nebula and a stellar nursery for newborn stars.

  

Gerry Im from Astrobin wrote a very fine description.

  

“Two cometary nebulae are seen at the center of LDN 43. The first, GN 16.31.7, is the brightest yellow object at center, lit up by the hidden young star RNO 91. Slightly above and left is the 2nd cometary nebula, GN 16.31.3, lit up by RNO 90. The small galaxy seen below LDN 43, just to the left of a bright orange star, is LEDA 3868080. This galaxy is located 400 million light years away. It is slightly larger than our Milky Way, at about 130,000 light years in diameter. This background galaxy is 400,000 times further away than the foreground nebula.”

  

I had hoped to spend many nights on this target over the new period from LMDSS but alas the weather changed and the winds on the only clear night impacted every light frame in my data. Hopefully next month will be better.

  

69 x 300sec total RGB frames with a total integration of 5.75 hours.

  

Astrowork 250mm F4 Truss Newtonian, TS Wynne 3” coma corrector, QHY268M, Optolong RGB filters, iOptron CEM60EC mount. Captures with Voyager and processed with Pixinsight.

 

Kaleidoscopic version of a Hubble Space Telescope image of a star being born inside of a dust cloud.

 

Original caption: Don’t be fooled by the title [Sunset in Mordor]; the mysterious, almost mystical bright light emerging from these thick, ominous clouds is actually a telltale sign of star formation. Here, a very young star is being born in the guts of the dark cloud LDN 43 — a massive blob of gas, dust, and ices, gathered 520 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer). Stars are born from cosmic dust and gas, which floats freely in space until gravity forces it to bind together. The hidden newborn star in this image, revealed only by light reflected onto the plumes of the dark cloud, is named RNO 91. It is what astronomers call a pre-main sequence star, meaning that it has not yet started burning hydrogen in its core. The energy that allows RNO 91 to shine comes from gravitational contraction. The star is being compressed by its own weight until, at some point, a critical mass will be reached and hydrogen, its main component, will begin to fuse together, releasing huge amounts of energy in the process. This will mark the beginning of adulthood for the star. But even before this happens the adolescent star is bright enough to shine and generate powerful stellar winds, emitting intense X-ray and radio emission. RNO 91 is a variable star around half the mass of the Sun. Astronomers have been able to observe the existence of a dusty, icy disc surrounding it, stretching out to over 1700 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. It is believed that this disc may host protoplanets — planets in the process of being formed — and will eventually evolve into a fully-fledged planetary system. This image is based on data gathered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Judy Schmidt.

Don’t be fooled by the title; the mysterious, almost mystical bright light emerging from these thick, ominous clouds is actually a telltale sign of star formation. Here, a very young star is being born in the guts of the dark cloud LDN 43 — a massive blob of gas, dust, and ices, gathered 520 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer). Stars are born from cosmic dust and gas, which floats freely in space until gravity forces it to bind together. The hidden newborn star in this image, revealed only by light reflected onto the plumes of the dark cloud, is named RNO 91. It is what astronomers call a pre-main sequence star, meaning that it has not yet started burning hydrogen in its core. The energy that allows RNO 91 to shine comes from gravitational contraction. The star is being compressed by its own weight until, at some point, a critical mass will be reached and hydrogen, its main component, will begin to fuse together, releasing huge amounts of energy in the process. This will mark the beginning of adulthood for the star. But even before this happens the adolescent star is bright enough to shine and generate powerful stellar winds, emitting intense X-ray and radio emission. RNO 91 is a variable star around half the mass of the Sun. Astronomers have been able to observe the existence of a dusty, icy disc surrounding it, stretching out to over 1700 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. It is believed that this disc may host protoplanets — planets in the process of being formed — and will eventually evolve into a fully-fledged planetary system. This image is based on data gathered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Judy Schmidt.

Don’t be fooled by the title; the mysterious, almost mystical bright light emerging from these thick, ominous clouds is actually a telltale sign of star formation. Here, a very young star is being born in the guts of the dark cloud LDN 43 — a massive blob of gas, dust, and ices, gathered 520 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer).

 

Original File Location

www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1331a/

 

Stars are born from cosmic dust and gas, which float freely in space until gravity forces it to bind together. The hidden newborn star in this image, revealed only by light reflected onto the plumes of the dark cloud, is named RNO 91. It is what astronomers call a pre-main sequence star, meaning that it has not yet started burning hydrogen in its core.

 

The energy that allows RNO 91 to shine comes from gravitational contraction. The star is being compressed by its own weight until, at some point, a critical mass will be reached and hydrogen, its main component, will begin to fuse together, releasing huge amounts of energy in the process. This will mark the beginning of adulthood for the star. But even before this happens the adolescent star is bright enough to shine and generate powerful stellar winds, emitting intense X-ray and radio emission.

 

RNO 91 is a variable star around half the mass of the Sun. Astronomers have been able to observe the existence of a dusty, icy disk surrounding it, stretching out to over 1,700 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. It is believed that this disk may host protoplanets — planets in the process of being formed — and will eventually evolve into a fully-fledged planetary system. Mission: Hubble

 

Original File Location

www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1331a/

Other views of Space Invader LDN_43 HERE

A 4-panel wideview just aside of the Blue horshead.

In the bottom one can also view LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula

Imaged in 20 hours in June 2025 at Hakos-Namibia with a Redcat 71 and ZWO ASI6200MC camera on an Ioptron GEM28EC mount

TS 130 mm F7

TS-Optics REFRACTOR 1.0x

Svbony Sv106 50mm guidescope

ZWO ASI 178MM

ZWO LRGB filters

ZWO AM5

ZWO Asiairpro

42,5h.lights 510 x 300sec LRGB

Mill

The Netherlands

STEMETTES 'Monster Confidence' @ London - ©Paparazzi VIP Photography

89x300" Rasa8 + Asi533 MC + SW 150i

in tre diverse sessioni dalla piana dell'Arcangelo - Parco del Pollino

Filtro: anti halo LRGB PlayerOne

LDN 43 bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic bat flying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night. Located about 1400 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, this molecular cloud is dense enough to block light not only from background stars, but from wisps of gas lit up by the nearby reflection nebula LBN 7. Far from being a harbinger of death, this 12-light year-long filament of gas and dust is actually a stellar nursery. Glowing with eerie light, the bat is lit up from inside by dense gaseous knots that have just formed young stars.

[Information care of pod.nasa.gov]

 

Telescope - Esprit 100

 

Camera - ASI2600MC - Air

 

Guiding - ASIAIR

 

Image Capture - ASIAIR

 

Mount - AM5

 

File - LDN43 Cosmic Bat Int GraXpert BN Solve PCC BlurExt NoiseExt SCNR Hist+GHS NoiseExt Curves Crop 96 x 300s Esprit 100 Crop.jpg

 

Filter - Antlia RGB Triband

 

Exposure - 96 x 300s - 8 hours total

 

Tenerife, Canary Islands

 

Date Taken - 3rd July 2025

 

7240ft above sea level

 

All processing in PixInsight

SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard

BITPIX = -32 / number of bits per data pixel

NAXIS = 3 / number of data axes

NAXIS1 = 12396 / length of data axis 1

NAXIS2 = 8290 / length of data axis 2

NAXIS3 = 3 / length of data axis 3

EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions

COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy

COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A...376..359H

BZERO = 0. / Offset data range to that of unsigned short

BSCALE = 1. / Default scaling factor

MIPS-HI = 65535 / Lower visualization cutoff

MIPS-LO = 1677 / Upper visualization cutoff

PROGRAM = 'Siril 1.4.3' / Software that created this HDU

DATE = '2026-06-19T10:40:55' / UTC date that FITS file was created

DATE-OBS= '2026-06-18T23:46:01.386865' / YYYY-MM-DDThh🇲🇲ss observation start,

IMAGETYP= 'Light ' / Type of image

EXPTIME = 100. / [s] Exposure time duration

TELESCOP= 'OnStep ' / Telescope used to acquire this image

FILTER = 'mixed ' / Active filter name

FOCALLEN= 129.678 / [mm] Focal length

XBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode

YBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode

XPIXSZ = 1.88 / [um] Pixel X axis size

YPIXSZ = 1.88 / [um] Pixel Y axis size

INSTRUME= 'ZWO ASI2600MC Pro' / Instrument name

CCD-TEMP= -5. / [degC] CCD temperature

SET-TEMP= -5. / [degC] CCD temperature setpoint

GAIN = 100 / Sensor gain

OFFSET = 50 / Sensor gain offset

CVF = 0.242862924933434 / [e-/ADU] Electrons per A/D unit

FOCPOS = 36629 / [step] Focuser position

STACKCNT= 164 / Stack frames

LIVETIME= 16400. / [s] Exposure time after deadtime correction

EXPSTART= 2461207.4215967 / [JD] Exposure start time (standard Julian date)

EXPEND = 2461210.53534288 / [JD] Exposure end time (standard Julian date)

OBJECT = 'LDN 43 ' / Name of the object of interest

SITELAT = 48.0486 / [deg] Observation site latitude

SITELONG= 14.8866 / [deg] Observation site longitude

OBJCTRA = '16 34 51.738' / [H M S] Image center Right Ascension

OBJCTDEC= '-15 50 38.318' / [D M S] Image center Declination

RA = 248.715576165972 / [deg] Image center Right Ascension

DEC = -15.8439771547555 / [deg] Image center Declination

CTYPE1 = 'RA---TAN-SIP' / TAN (gnomic) projection + SIP distortions

CTYPE2 = 'DEC--TAN-SIP' / TAN (gnomic) projection + SIP distortions

CUNIT1 = 'deg ' / Unit of coordinates

CUNIT2 = 'deg ' / Unit of coordinates

EQUINOX = 2000. / Equatorial equinox

CRPIX1 = 6198.5 / Axis1 reference pixel

CRPIX2 = 4145.5 / Axis2 reference pixel

CRVAL1 = 248.715576165972 / [deg] Axis1 reference value

CRVAL2 = -15.8439771547555 / [deg] Axis2 reference value

LONPOLE = 180. / Native longitude of celestial pole

CDELT1 = -0.000830204796890864 / [deg] X pixel size

CDELT2 = 0.000831078117752773 / [deg] Y pixel size

PC1_1 = 0.965831185560415 / Linear transformation matrix (1, 1)

PC1_2 = 0.25917199115445 / Linear transformation matrix (1, 2)

PC2_1 = -0.259404011465668 / Linear transformation matrix (2, 1)

PC2_2 = 0.965768895148068 / Linear transformation matrix (2, 2)

A_ORDER = 3 / SIP polynomial degree, axis 1, pixel-to-sky

A_0_0 = 0.

A_1_0 = 0.

A_0_1 = 0.

A_2_0 = 5.4141263079479E-08

A_1_1 = -5.57614548922675E-09

A_0_2 = 3.75319646549769E-08

A_3_0 = -4.69599232668046E-11

A_2_1 = 3.98109777109675E-12

A_1_2 = -2.83750939258293E-11

A_0_3 = 6.97449077655264E-12

B_ORDER = 3 / SIP polynomial degree, axis 2, pixel-to-sky

B_0_0 = 0.

B_1_0 = 0.

B_0_1 = 0.

B_2_0 = -2.78671987921393E-08

B_1_1 = 5.89253170716565E-08

B_0_2 = -3.43966549550929E-08

B_3_0 = 4.99990226417462E-12

B_2_1 = -4.06426340749649E-11

B_1_2 = 1.0862562967744E-12

B_0_3 = -3.7687293096345E-11

AP_ORDER= 3 / SIP polynomial degree, axis 1, sky-to-pixel

AP_0_0 = 0.00362780520109399

AP_1_0 = -4.17427107513024E-06

AP_0_1 = 6.15877406881423E-07

AP_2_0 = -5.47409452040083E-08

AP_1_1 = 5.79515189232248E-09

AP_0_2 = -3.78252940734975E-08

AP_3_0 = 4.73373594514452E-11

AP_2_1 = -4.06861933182822E-12

AP_1_2 = 2.86309531852591E-11

AP_0_3 = -7.03436868152038E-12

BP_ORDER= 3 / SIP polynomial degree, axis 2, sky-to-pixel

BP_0_0 = -0.00195195723695592

BP_1_0 = 4.12915283229242E-07

BP_0_1 = -2.22692556772763E-06

BP_2_0 = 2.81237921858173E-08

BP_1_1 = -5.93739982730363E-08

BP_0_2 = 3.46704320562418E-08

BP_3_0 = -5.05153401568102E-12

BP_2_1 = 4.09545123020687E-11

BP_1_2 = -1.13957511901999E-12

BP_0_3 = 3.78741793216461E-11

PLTSOLVD= T

HISTORY SyQon Parallax

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Other views of Space Invader LDN_43 HERE

Stack Size: 26

Exposure: 180s

Gain: 150

Binning: 1x1

Lens: William Optics Pleiades 111

Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC Duo

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