vdB 153

Posted by dcrowson
on Wednesday, December 19, 2018

van den Bergh 153 (BD+61 2292 and others) is the star and reflection nebula in the center of the image. The faint reflection nebula further out is LBN 508 (DG 183 and others). These are located in Cepheus.

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

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged September 13th, 14th, 16th, 27th and 28th, 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/44568807870/sizes/l

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