Sharpless 24

Dan Crowson

New Florence, Missouri

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1×1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2×2

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged on April 12th and May 5th, 2016 at the Danville Conservation Area (New Florence, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/26975716754/sizes/l

Sharpless 24 (MBM 57) is a molecular cloud located approximately 500 light-years away in Ophiuchus. It is one of the few Sharpless objects that doesn’t appear to have an Ha component.

2016-05-05T00:00:00