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IC 4633

Apus

Telescope : Planewave CDK 24

Camera : Moravian C5A-100

Mount : Planewave L-600

Focal length : 3974mm

Fov : 38 x 29 arcmins

Image Scale : 0.39 arcsec/pixel

Observatory : Obstech Chile

Filters: Chroma

R 102x300s G 102x300s B 102x300s

Integration: 25h30m

RA:  17h 16m 52s

Dec :  -77° 28 7

cdk 600

Dust in space is intriguing, it is mysterious and hides many secrets. Not all are hidden though, and some galaxies break thru the shrouds of dust. The integrated flux nebula dust, or IFN seen here belongs to an area designated as Mandell Wilson 9, or simply MW9, and parting the veils of dust and shining thru on the upper left, is the galaxy IC 4633. Imaging dust in space comes with a lot of challenges as these dust clouds require long hours of integration to get a bright exposure. The dark skies of Chile along with the light bucket that the Planewave CDK 24 is, a relatively short integration of 25hrs managed to bring out this area in the constellation of Apus quite nicely..

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