Barnard 67a + B75 + B261 + B262

Posted by dcrowson
on Sunday, October 11, 2015

Ophiucus is full of Barnard’s dark nebulae. This image shows a view of four of them:

B67a – top right
B75 – top center
B262 – center
B261 – bottom center

Three of these are part of the Astronomical League’s Dark Nebulae Program.

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

240 minutes total exposure – 4 hours

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/22069396766/sizes/l

Imaged August 11th, 12th and 14th, 2015 at the Danville Conservation Area (New Florence, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

I also used a Canon T1i and 70mm lens to image the same field one of the nights. The 17.7 x 11.8 degree image shows 59 Barnard Dark Nebulae.

Canon Image - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/22069045461/sizes/l

Canon Annotated Image - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/21436252304/sizes/l

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