vdB 152


Details

vdB 152 (van den Bergh) is a reflection nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. The large dark cloud is Barnard 175, and the nebula in the upper left is DeHt5. The thin red emission nebula is a filamentary nebula called SNR 110.3+11.3. This image is a collaboration with austrian astrophotographer Thomas Henne. He did the processing. The image won a 2nd price in the Interstellarum Astrophotography Competition in 2014 and was published in Sky and Telescope as well as in Sterne und Weltraum.


Image Details

Telescope Optics
TMB 80/600 at 520mm

Mount
Losmandy G11 + Koch FS2

Camera
SBIG ST8300

Filters
Baader Ha and LRGB

Integration Time
30x 1200s Lum, 19x200s R, 9x1200s G and B, 7x1200s Ha

Date
2013

Conditions
very good sky conditions

Remarks
The image was taken in Germany and on tenerife island. It won a 2nd price in the Interstellarum Astrophotography Competition in 2014. Its a collaboration with austrian astrophotorapher Thomas Henne.

Object Details

Type of Object
Reflection Nebula, Dark Nebula

Constellation
cepheus

Location
Teide Nationalpark Tenerife
Eifel Nationalpark Germany