Dark nebula B30, B31 (LDN1582) , B32 in Orion

[han59]

This image is de result of  four nights in December/January. The weather was not very good. I wished I could have exposed longer.

The dark nebula are B30, B31, B32 not very often imaged. Nevertheless they are nice objects to image. There is some similarity with the horse-head nebula more south. These dark nebula are at three degrees NNE of the star Meissa in Orion.

Han

Telescope 100 mm APO astrograph APO100Q, F5,8
ASI1600MM-Cool Camera
Filter H-alpha 7 nm
66x200 sec four nights in December 2019 and January 2020
CCDciel and  ASTAP stack program

[geeklee]

Those are new objects for me, targets I haven't seen imaged yet.  Nice depth to the structure of the nebula.  Were you planning to add further exposures or filters to this one?

I'll add this to my list for a potential target of the future too - thanks.👍

[han59]

Unfortunately, I have no other filters then H-alpha.  Maybe I will expose a few hour longer for a better SNR value.

Correction, the location is NNW of the star Meissa. The light areas are part of SH2-264 which center is at the star Meissa. Below the image plotted in a map:

Edited January 8, 2020 by han59