Lynds Bright Nebulae 561 + 564

Posted by dcrowson
on Wednesday, December 12, 2018

LBN 561 is the long up and down dust cloud. LBN 564 is the small, bright cloud to the right of center. On the scale of 1-6, 6 being the faintest, both of these are 4’s. These are located around ten degrees south of M31 in Andromeda.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged on September 11th and December 10th, 2018 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/45564313854/sizes/l

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