The Seahorse Nebula (Barnard 150) region, captured under Bortle 5 skies in Tona, Spain. Barnard 150 is a striking dark molecular cloud located in the constellation Cepheus, weaving its dark dust lanes across a rich background of faint reddish Hydrogen-alpha emission and background stars. The image was taken using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 80 f/5 refractor mounted with a ZWO ASI2600 monochrome camera and Baader filters. Total integration time combines 11 hours 35 minutes of H-alpha data (May 27 and June 7), 13 hours 7 minutes of Luminance data (July 8, 11, and 12), and 8 hours 44 minutes of RGB data (July 26–28).
The Seahorse Nebula (Barnard 150) region, captured under Bortle 5 skies in Tona, Spain. Barnard 150 is a striking dark molecular cloud located in the constellation Cepheus, weaving its dark dust lanes across a rich background of faint reddish Hydrogen-alpha emission and background stars. The image was taken using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 80 f/5 refractor mounted with a ZWO ASI2600 monochrome camera and Baader filters. Total integration time combines 11 hours 35 minutes of H-alpha data (May 27 and June 7), 13 hours 7 minutes of Luminance data (July 8, 11, and 12), and 8 hours 44 minutes of RGB data (July 26–28).