| Description | This is truly a treasure of the Southern Hemisphere. Located in the constellation Scorpius, this dark nebula is known as SL-17, also referred to as the “Dark Wolf” or “Fenrir Nebula.” It is rarely imaged and is not available on Wikipedia, nor does it appear in my phone’s astronomy app. I had to use Aladin to acquire the correct location and coordinates. |
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| Data/Processing Attribution | Data was purchased from Telescope Live and I did processing only. |
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| Distances/Size | Distance to the object- 3.2 million light years; angular size in the sky is about 71’ X 42’ (minutes); size of the galaxy is about 61,000 light years in diameter |
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| Equipment | Mount-Software Bisque Paramount MX+ GEM; Scope- Takahashi, 106 mm aperture, 382mm focal length; Camera- QHY600 M Pro. |
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| Observatory | Telescope Live, IC Astronomical Observatory, Spain. |
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| Exposure | LRGB filters, total exposure- 11 hours 20 min. |
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