Barnard 59

[dcrowson]

Barnard 59 (LDN 1746) is a large dark nebula located approximately 587 light-years away in Ophiuchus. At -27 Dec, this one is just above Scorpius.

Luminance – 18x600s – 180 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

300 minutes total exposure – 5 hours

Imaged on June 28th and 29th, 2022 at the Danville Conservation Area (New Florence, Missouri) with a SBIG ST-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT90EDT at f/6.7 603mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 5/sizes/l/



Dan

[STEVE333]

Nice capture Dan especially being so low in the sky. Really nice job on all the stars.

Steve

[BABOafrica]

Excellent capture. Looks like something that should have a name...

BABO

[MariusD69]

Wonderful image! Great job!

[Makuser]

Hi Dan. A splendid Barnard 59 dark nebula image on the flickr site with the Astro-Tech AT90ED. Well framed and lots of nice crisp details. As for a name, how about "Dark Spider Nebula"? Thanks for sharing this capture taken at the Danville Conservation Area with us Dan, and keep your great work coming on here.

[Larry 1969]

Great work Dan! I love dark nebulae!

Larry

[Ylem]

Beautiful capture Dan!

[dcrowson]

Excellent capture. Looks like something that should have a name...

BABO

I think might be part of the Pipe Nebula.

[Johnny Carter]

Woo boy, this is awesome.