LBN 878

Posted by dcrowson
on Saturday, January 23, 2021
Lynds Bright Nebula 878 is the red region to the right (west) of LDN 1594 or better known as Barnard 35. These are located in the head of Orion, approximately 3 degrees from Betelgeuse.

Asteroid 39 Laetitia made an appearance at the top right.

Luminance – 25x600s – 250 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 13:12:12x300s – 65:60:60 minutes each – binned 2x2

435 minutes total exposure – 7 hours 15 minutes

Imaged January 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th, 2021 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/50868314552/sizes/l/
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