VDB 9

[Jedi2014]

Greetings,

this is the first long exposed image with my new Epsilon130 D. With f3,3 and 19 hrs. you can imagine how weak the dark nebulae are. This was something I did not expect. Fortunately the new moon period with clear skies was long enough to capture 5 nights.

VdB9 is a very weak dark nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. The entire region is permeated with dust, which you see in the background. In this long exposure, the dust reflects the light of the stars and appears in yellow, brown or blue color tones.

Data & bigger:

http://www.spaceimages.de/en/astrophotos/nebula/vdb-9
or http://www.astrobin.com/309355/

 

I hope you will like the image.

 

Cheers
Jens

[carastro]

Ooo, that's nice.

Carole 

[toxic]

that is nice 

[swag72]

Now that is an absolutely stunning image..... The background is delicate, star colour is excellent and the dust looks perfect  

[RichLD]

Lovely job!

[Allinthehead]

A beauty. Nicely done Jens. That epsilon looks like a good'n.

[Jedi2014]

Thank you very much for your nice comments.

Greetings Jens

[johnrt]

Very delicate & wonderful processing, I'm a big fan of the Tak Epsilons, I'd love to get my hands on one some day.

[Allinthehead]

On 9/15/2017 at 23:16, johnrt said:

Very delicate & wonderful processing, I'm a big fan of the Tak Epsilons, I'd love to get my hands on one some day.

My next scope i think. When i move house and build an obsy. So could be a while

IOTD on Astrobin. Well deserved Jens.

[Barry-Wilson]

Smooth and sublime image Jens.  Fabulous colour tones.

Did you use PI's new PCC process to calibrate colour?

[ollypenrice]

Right on the money. Nice high black point, lovely star colour, clean without NR aretefacts. Dark nebulae should look like this!

Olly

[alan4908]

An excellent image. I do like the way you have processed this !

Alan

[Jedi2014]

Hi,

again many thanks 

Barry, no, these are more or less the RGB colors right out of ColorCombination. Calobratrd with the black level.

Jens

[pietervdv]

Very good, perfectly balanced! This is a very difficult object, so job very well done!

 

Pieter

[Jedi2014]

Thanks Pieter