Barnard 72 (Oph)

Barnard 72 (Oph)

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Date/Site: July 9., 2016, Puntagorda, La Palma
Exposure/
Filter:
LRGB each 6 x 180 seconds
(all -20°C)
Camera: QSI 632 with SBIG- and Baader-filters
Optics/
Instrument:
4"-TMB of the AAR on Klaus Weyer's EQ6
Guiding: Lodestar attached to a 61mm-finder,
focusing withUSB_Focus and FocusMax,
image acquisition, calibration: MaximDL 6,
processing with PixInsight 1.8

This time on La Palma the dark nebulae were fantastic. Because of the extraordinary transparency of the atmosphere and the enormous contrast the globules and dust filaments just looked 3D. But seeing was lousy again during imaging.

© Friedhelm Hübner, last revision:  03.12.2023