In the shadow of VdB152

LDN 1216, SNR 110.3+11.3, HH450

A VDB152 árnyékában

Technical data

Instrument: 173/700 Newton-astrograph (ZsIO), SkyWatcher comacorrector F/4
Camera: Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Filter: Baader UV/IR block
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan (modified)
Guiding: Lacerta M-Gen autoguider

Image data

Exposure time: 167 * 5 mins, ISO800
Location, date: Hungary, Mount-Mátra, Ágasvár - 2014. August. 22.
Transparency: 7/10
Seeing: 7/10
Temperature: 13 °C
Processing: CCDStack, Registar, Pixinsight LE, Photoshop

Description

VdB152 is a reflection nebula, which is illuminated by a star. The molecular cloud, LDN1216, is a dark nebula located in constellation Cepheus.

The most exciting part of the image is a Herbig Halo object, called HH450 and the supernova remnant arc going across the image, which is named SNR 110.3+11.

Technical data

Instrument: 173/700 Newton-astrograph (ZsIO), SkyWatcher comacorrector F/4
Camera: Canon EOS 60D (modified)
Filter: Baader UV/IR block
Mount: SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Synscan (modified)
Guiding: Lacerta M-Gen autoguider

Image data

Exposure time: 167 * 5 mins, ISO800
Location, date: Hungary, Mount-Mátra, Ágasvár - 2014. August. 22.
Transparency: 7/10
Seeing: 7/10
Temperature: 13 °C
Processing: CCDStack, Registar, Pixinsight LE, Photoshop
© Patrik Tarczi

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