IMAGE DETAILS

VAN DEN BERG (VDB) 142 IS A REFLECTION NEBULA INSIDE A MUCH LARGER AREA OF BRIGHT EMISSION NEBULA IC1396 IN THE CONSTELLATION OF CEPHEUS. THE AREA IN ABOUND WITH DENSE GAS AND DARK NEBULA WHICH MAKES THE WHOLE REGION VERY PHOTOGRAPHIC. AN IMAGE I TOOK A WHILE BACK, B365, IS ALSO PART OF THE IC1396 COMPLEX. VDB142 IS JUST POCKING IN THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE FRAME IN THAT IMAGE.

CAPTURE AND PROCESSING INFORMATION

CAMERA :  SBIG ST2000XM WITH CFW8

TELESCOPE :  ORION 80ED

MOUNT :  LOSMANDY G-11

GUIDING :  SELFGUIDING ST2000XM

COOLING :  -20 DEGREES

HA:R:G:B :  120:30:20:30

HA : 4 X 30 MINUTES

R : 2 X 15 MINUTES

G : 2 X 10 MINUTES

B : 1 X 15 MINUTES

HA FILTER : ASTRODON 6NM

HA : UNBINNED

IMAGE SCALE : 2.54ARCSEC/PIXEL

RGB : BINNED 2X2

ACQUISITION : CCDSOFT

 PROCESSED : IMAGESPLUS, PHOTOSHOP  

ABOVE IS THE HYDROGEN ALPHA FILTERED COMBINED EXPOSURE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS COPYRIGHT OF GORDON MACKAY