LBN NEBULAE - LYND'S CATALOGUE OF BRIGHT NEBULAE

[Mike JW]

Beverley Lynd compiled this list of bright nebulae in the 1960s. using the Palomar Plates. The co-ordinates are for the centre of the clouds. They really are suited to smaller scopes with a wide fov but  I thought I would give them a go using the 15/ultrastar set up. It makes a change to not be chasing distant galaxies.

Please feel free to add into this thread especially you folk who have a wider field set up.

LBN 438 in Lacerta                                                                                                                 LBN 462 in Lacerta

 

LBN 132 in Delphinus                                                                                                           

LBN 141 in Delphinus - I think this nebulosity and not just noise?

I am reasonably pleased with the results but to be honest I suspect I should only tackle these objects on very good transparent nights to keep the noise down.

Mike

 

[Martin Meredith]

Good idea to start a thread on these. When I first looked at your LBN 438 I imagined there was a dark nebula in there somewhere but I think it is just the contrast with the swirls of the bright nebula. That's a great object with its back-to-front S-shape.

I've added a few in Scutum to my observing list for tonight, though 40% cloudiness is predicted...

Unfortunately I don't have any data on the apparent size of these nebulae so it is a bit hit and miss as to whether things will fit in a narrow FOV. Still, many of them appear to be in dense star fields, which I find lend a beauty all of their own.

Martin