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