van den Bergh 152

Posted by dcrowson
on Saturday, November 10, 2018

van den Bergh 152 (Ced 201, DG 179, LBN 531 and others) is a bright reflection nebula illuminated by BD+69 1231, the star at the center. The dark nebula leading down to vdB 152 is Barnard 175. This object is located in Cepheus.

Luminance – 25x600s – 250 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

370 minutes total exposure – 6 hours 10 minutes

Imaged over eight nights in October and November, 2018 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/45817349571/sizes/l

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