Kes 78 in Aquila
The starfields of constellation Aquila are very often overseen, but many regions are full of galactic treasures. This image shows three Sharpless objects (Sh2-66, Sh2-67, Sh2-69), two supernova remnants (SNR G032.8–00.1 aka Kes 78, SNR G031.5–00.6) and several planetary nebulae. Furthermore, dark nebula LDN 604 and star cluster Berkeley 79 and 80 are actors in this scenery. Last but not least, an unknown emission nebula can be found in the image.
The main object of this 3.5x3.5 degree field is Kes 78, a supernova remnant discovered in a radio contiuum survey by Kesteven in 1968, visable above the center of the image. The first optical detection of SNR G032.8–001 was reported in 2009 by P. Boumis et al. (here).
You can find an annotated version here. North is up in this image.
This images was suggested by Sakib Rasool, who helped me identifing the various objects in this stellar field.
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Hello, my name is Martin Rusterholz. I’m a Swiss amateur astrophotographer living near Zurich, the biggest town in Switzerland. My interest in astronomy started when I was 16. At that time, I built my first Newtonian telescope and mount. I studied physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) which was the only study including at least some aspects of astronomy and astrophysics.
“Looking at the nights sky is an experience touching everybody deeply inside, something common to all human beings independent to the language spoken by the individuals”.
Deep-sky astrophotography is my passion. 