vdB 29

[dcrowson]

vdB 29 (HD 30378, HIP 22314, DG 46 and others) is the bright star and nebulosity. The star is located approximately 513 light-years away in Taurus.

Luminance – 35x600s – 350 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 14:10:18x300s – 60:50:90 minutes each – binned 2x2

550 minutes total exposure – 9 hours 10 minutes

Imaged October 17th, 18th, 19th and 22nd, 2023 from Dark Sky New Mexico at Rancho Hidalgo (Animas, New Mexico) with a SBIG STF-8300M on an Astro-Tech AT12RCT at f/8 2432mm.

LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/ ... 8/sizes/l/



Dan

[Jockinireland]

Nice and a very unusual target.

[starfield]

That's faint and wispy one. Looks like you were able the dark skies.

[Ylem]

That's an amazing capture, very beautiful!