vdB 80

[dcrowson]

van den Bergh 80 (DG 104, HD 46060 and others) is the stars and faint reflection nebula in the center of the image. The star is located approximately 3,110 light-years away in Monoceros.

Luminance – 24x600s – 240 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 8x300s – 40 minutes each – binned 2x2

360 minutes total exposure – 6 hours

Imaged February 3rd, 4th and 11th, 2024 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/ ... 5/sizes/l/

See my previous refractor image here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/51010577911.



Dan

[StarHugger]

Another nice catch Dan, looks great!

[Graeme1858]

Exquisite fine detail Dan!

Graeme