Lynd's
Dark Nebula 1082 aka Barnard 150 in Cepheus - LRGB
LDN
1082 aka Barnard 150, also known as Seahorse Nebula, is a dark
molecular cloud of dust in Cepheus constellation, so thick, that it
absorbs all the light that comes from the stars behind it.
This
molecular cloud is part of our Milky Way galaxy, one of the 182 objects
cataloged by astronomer Edward E. Barnard and it lies at about 1200
Light Years away.
This nebula is about 1 degree in size or the width of two Moons.
11/8/8 x 10 min each of RGB, 27x10 min Luminance
Camera: Moravian G4 (16803) w Gen II Astrodon RGB and H-Alpha
Scope: Astrophysics AP155EDF Refractor w Focus Boss II
Mount: Paramount MX
Guiding SBIG ST402ME attached to a Borg 60mm guidescope
RGB and Luminance processing in PixInsight
RGB: SPCC, BlurX, NoiseX, Curves, HT, masked Saturation Boost (via Curves)
Lum: BlurX, NoiseX, StarX, HT on the starless version, 2x LHE, more noise reduction, stars back in, LRGB_Combine
Photoshop: Tweaks to colour halos on bright stars, save-for-web
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Lucknow, Ontario
Sept 2022
Reprocessed Sept 2024
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