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.
9/10/11 x 10 min each of RGB, 18x10 min Luminance
Camera: Apogee U16M (16803) w Gen II Astrodon LRGB
Scope: Planewave 12.5" CDK
Mount: Paramount ME
Guiding SBIG ST402ME via Astrodon MMOAG
PixInsight processing:
RGB: - SPCC, BlurX, NoiseX, Curves, HT, DBE, masked saturation boost, save as TIFF
Luminance - BlurX, NoiseX, StarX then Curves, HT and LHE on the starless image, save as TIFF
Blend of Luminance w RGB and
clean-up of column defect and save-for-web in PS CC
Click on the image to see ~ 2x and to re-size it for your browser.
Lucknow, Ontario
Sept 2022
Reprocessed Dec 2023
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