Pipe Nebula

[celeron787]

The Pipe Nebula is part of the Ophiuchus dark cloud complex. Composed by B59, B72, B77 and B78, their combined shape suggests a pipe stem and bowl hence the Pipe Nebula name. It's pipe-shaped dust lane obscures the Milky Way star clouds behind it.

Annotated: https://nova.astrometry.net/annotated_full/5544720

Sony A6400
Samyang 135mm F2.0 @ F2.8
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Manfrotto Tripod 055XPRO3

Singapore, Bortle 8
ISO400
Light Frames - 226 x 15secs (manually dithered in RA and DEC)
Dark Frames - 30 x 15secs
Flat Frames - 30
Bias Frames - 50

Deep Sky Stacker
StarTools - 50% bin, Autodev, Crop, Wipe, Super Structure, Decon, Color, Denoise
Lightroom - Purple defringe, Contrast

Pipe Nebula by Yun Chong Lim, on Flickr

[hhzhang]

Amazing view! Now I have learned a new celestial object. And I can see this one in my shot too, albeit much poorer quality.

Hope for another clear night soon...

[celeron787]

Amazing view! Now I have learned a new celestial object. And I can see this one in my shot too, albeit much poorer quality.

Hope for another clear night soon...

Thanks! It's quite an interesting region, right next to the lagoon trifid area. Also part of the dark horse nebula.

[Airconvent]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.