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van den Bergh 152 / Cederblad 201/ Barnard Dark Nebula 175

Object

Type

Bright Reflection and Dark Nebula

Constellation

Cepheus

Distance

1,400 light years

Magnitude

9.3

Size

70 x 7.4 arc-min

Notes

Also known as Wolf's Cave Nebula

Image

Date

2019-09-23 thru 2019-09-26

Place

Okie-Tex Star Party

Exposure Data

LRGB 250:120:120:160 mins @ -15 C

L 25x10, R 12x10, G 12x10, B 16x10 min

Notes

All filters binned 1x1

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi TOA-150

Focal Length

1100 mm @f/7.3

Mount

Paramount ME

Camera

SBIG STL-6303E

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

Internal CFW, Astrodon LRGB (Gen 2)

Software

TheSkyX, CCDSoft, CCDAutopilot5, CCDStack2+, PhotoShop CS6, eXcalibrator, PixInsight

Reprocessed on 07/27/2023