LDN 1621, LDN 1622, VDB62 in Orion

[evansg]

The two dark nebulae (LDN 1621, smaller, near the left border and LDN 1622, much bigger near the center) are projected onto a complex and extensive emission nebulosity known as Barnard's Loop, inside the molecular cloud complex named Orion B. Both nebulae are believed to be 500 light years away, much closer than the bright red hydrogen nebulae that shine behind them from about 1,600 light years. 

Telescope: FSQ85
Camera: ATIK 460EX
Filters: Baader Ha + L + RGB (L bin1x2, Ha +RGB bin2x2)
Total exposure: 9h
Location: Near Gythion, Greece

Better resolution: http://www.celestialpixels.com/Nebulae/i-mVRv9BN/A

 

 

[ollypenrice]

Beautifully done. Anything dusty is difficult and you have this just right.

Happy new year,

Olly

[simmo39]

V nice.

[Barry-Wilson]

Beautiful image with great framing.

[swag72]

I love this .... You've done a great job

I had this pencilled in for this year, but I was going to do it a longer focal length...... perhaps you've made me rethink my options

[gingergeek]

Such a beautiful target done well.

[PatrickGilliland]

NIce work.  Interested to see you also got some brown dust in there similar to my version http://www.astrobin.com/full/237608/C/ not a lot of people have this and I think it is the right presentation.  Paddy

[Tom OD]

Very nice and thanks for the annotations. I was not sure which vdb was which. 

Tom. 

[Pompey Monkey]

That is beautiful capture of an area of sky that I know, from recent experience, to have a frustratingly low signal.

Really makes me want to live in a dark-sky site.