IC 4601

Posted by dcrowson
on Friday, June 19, 2015

IC 4601 (Ced 129) is a complex of blue reflection nebula located in Ophiuchus. The three nebulae that make up this object are also designated as vdB 101 / DG 133, vdB 102 / DG 134 and vdB 103 / DG 135.

The large dark nebula across the center of the image is Barnard 41.

Luminance – 12x600s – 120 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

Imaged June 9th, 2015 at the Danville Conservation Area (New Florence, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/18931234456/sizes/l

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