LDN 988 Area

Takahashi FSQ 85 ATIK 490EX

LDN 1621, LDN 1622, VDB62

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

The Veil Nebula Widefield

The Veil Nebula is a diffuse nebula located in the northern constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Also known as Witch’s Broom Nebula, Bridal Veil Nebula, Cirrus Nebula, or Filamentary Nebula, it constitutes the visible parts of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant in Cygnus. It is located at an approximate distance of 1,470 light years from Earth. In this wide shot you can see the three main parts: the Eastern Veil, the Western Veil, and Fleming’s Triangle (Pickering’s Triangle). Telescope: Telescope: TAK FSQ85 Camera: QSI 683 Filters: RGB + Ha + O3 Total Exposure: 12h Location: Mt Parnon @ 1430m, Greece

The Elephant's Trunk nebula - IC 1396

The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A; it is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim. The bright rim is the surface of the dense cloud that is being illuminated and ionized by a very bright, massive star (HD 206267) that is just to the west of IC 1396A. (In the Figure above, the massive star is just to the left of the edge of the image.) The entire IC 1396 region is ionized by the massive star, except for dense globules that can protect themselves from the star's harsh ultraviolet rays. Telescope: GSO RC 10 Mount: Astrophysics Mach 1 GTO Camera: ST10-XME Filters: Astrodon Gen2 LRGB+Ha Total Exposure: 8h

The Baby Eagle Nebula (LBN 777)

Dark nebulae structures are forming a baby eagle shape. This target is rarely imaged. Very close to Pleiades this frame is a part of the Taurus molecular cloud. Telescope: Takahashi FSQ85 Camera: SBIG ST10XME Filters: Baader LRGB Location: Parnon, Greece @1430m

Blue Horsehead Nebula - IC 4592

IC 4592 (also known as the Blue Horsehead Nebula) is a reflection nebula in the Scorpius constellation that is lit by Nu Scorpii. Telescope: Takahashi BabyQ ED85 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Camera: QSI 683 (Mono) Filters: Astrodon GenII LRGB Total Exposure: 5h Location: Parnon & Filipaioi Greece

M78 Nebula

The nebula Messier 78 (also known as M 78 or NGC 2068) is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year. M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that include NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. This group belongs to the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and is about 1,600 light years distant from Earth. M78 is easily found in small telescopes as a hazy patch and involves two stars of 10th magnitude. These two stars, HD 38563A and HD 38563B, are responsible for making the cloud of dust in M78 visible by reflecting their light. Telescope: FSQ ED85 Camera: Atik 460 (thanks Alex LZ) Mount: EQ6 Location: Mt. Parnon, Greece

The Flaming Star Nebula - IC 405.

An emission/reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. Telescope: Takahashi FSQ85 Camera: ATIK 460EX Filters: Baader Synthetic Lum +RGB (bin2x2)+ Ha (bin1x1) Location: Near Gythion, Greece

Barnard 150

The Seahorse Nebula - Barnard 150 is a dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is about one degree long (about two Moon widths). Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 85 Camera: ATIK 490 EX Filters: LRGB Color (RGB) bin 2x2 L bin 1x1 Total exposure: 10h Location: Mt. Parnon @ 1420m

The LDN 673 in Aquila

This target looks like a Chinese ideogram The LDN 673 is a molecular cloud complex that lies in the constellation Aquila. This region is massive — around 67 trillion kilometers (42 trillion miles across), and it is between 300-600 light years from Earth Telescope: Officina Stellare RH200 Camera: QSI 683 Mono Filters: Astrodon Gen2 LRGB Total Exposure: 5h Location: Mt Parnon Greece

LDN 778,781, 782 and vdB126 in Vulpecula

From left to right: LDN 778,781, 782 and vdB126 in Vulpecula Telescope: TAK85 with reducer Camera: QSI 683L Filters: Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB Total Exposure: 8h Location: Filipaioi, Grevena, Greece

Triffid Nebula - M20

Camera: Lum: QSI 683L, Color ATIK314L Telescopes: GSO RC10 Reduced to f/5.6 (Lum) WO FLT98 (Color) Mount: Astrophysics Mach 1 GTO + Skywatcher HEQ5 Filters: LRGB Location: Both in Mt Parnon

LBN 534, VDB 158

LBN 534 is an isolated and elongated molecular cloud in the constellation of Andromeda.. Either shock fronts from a supernova or ionization fronts from a massive star could have caused the shape of this cloud as well as the spatial distribution of young stars. The blue reflection nebula, vdB 158, is located at the southern end of the cloud. The nearby bright B9.5V star, HD 222142, illuminates VdB 158. Thanks to Alex for his camera and mount contribution Telescope: Tak BabyQ ED85 @450mm Mount: EQ6 Camera ATIK 460 Filters: Baader LRGB Exposure: 4h (well , this is what we have..) Location: Mt Parnon, Greece @ 1430m

Markarian's Chain in Virgo

Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. It is called "chain" because, when viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. It was named after the Armenian astrophysicist, B. E. Markarian, who discovered their common motion in the early 1960s. Member galaxies include M84 (NGC 4374), M86 (NGC 4406), NGC 4477, NGC 4473, NGC 4461, NGC 4458, NGC 4438 and NGC 4435. Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 85ED Camera: QSI 683L Filters: Astrodon LRGB Gen2 Location: Mt Parnon, Greece (2014-2016 data collected on every May)

Rossete Nebula

APOD 2017 February 14 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170214.html The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers -- but it is the most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula, cataloged as NGC 2237, is about 50 light-years in diameter. The nebula can be seen firsthand with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros). Telescope: Takahashi FSQ85 Camera: ATIK 460EX Filters: Baader LRGB Subexposures: 5mins L, 3min RGB (bin2x2) Total Exposure: 6h Location: Near Gythion , Greece

Rho Ophiuchi Complex

This four panel mosaic gives an incredible widefield view of one of the most colourful regions in the night sky. A collection of intricate dust clouds, reflection, emission and dark nebulae and background globular clusters makes this a fascinating area Luminance taken by Angelos Kechagias with an Atik 428EX on a Nikon 50mm Lens, RGB taken by Evangelos Souglakos (me) with an Atik 4000 on a Canon 50mm Lens. Processing in Photoshop by Angelos Kechagias.

Lagoon Nebula - M8

Telescope: Tak FSQ ED85 Camera: ATIK490 Mono Filters: Baader LRGB Total exposure: 2h Location: Mt Parnon

M81, M82 Galaxies and IFN

Captured this frame couple of months ago with bad seeing. At least 2 first hours were OK. After that color frames were misaligned but due to small focal length the effect is not visible. Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 85 Camera: ATIK 460 EX Filters: LRGB + Ha Total exposure: 8h Location: Mt Parnon, Greece

Cave Nebula Widefield - SH2-155

The Cave Nebula, Sh2-155 or Caldwell 9, is a dim and very diffuse bright nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is located in the constellation Cepheus. Telescope: Takahashi FSQ ED85 Camera: QSI 683L Mount: Astrophysics Mach 1 GTO Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB Total exposure: 7h Subexposures: 5mins bin1x1 L , 5min bin 2x2 RGB Location: Mt. Parnon Greece

VDB 14 & VDB 15

These two reflection nebulae are a small part of a large dust cloud in the constellation Camelopardalis. vdB 15 is the blue area to the top and vdB 14 is the sickle-shaped blue nebula down. At a distance of about 3000 light years, magnitude 5 and magnitude 4 supergiants respectively illuminate them. Telescope: Takahashi BabyQ 85 Mount: Astrophysics Mach 1 GTO Camera: QSI 683 Mono Filters: Astrodon Gen2 LRGB Total Exposure: 10h Location: Mt Parnon & Gythion Greece

Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) Wide Field

In this crowded starfield covering over 3 degrees within the high flying constellation Cygnus, the eye is drawn to the Cocoon Nebula. A compact star forming region, the cosmic Cocoon punctuates a long trail of obscuring interstellar dust clouds. Cataloged as IC 5146, the nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide, located some 4,000 light years away. Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, hydrogen gas excited by the young, hot stars and blue, dust-reflected starlight at the edge of an otherwise invisible molecular cloud. In fact, the bright star near the center of this nebula is likely only a few hundred thousand years old, powering the nebular glow as it clears out a cavity in the molecular cloud's star forming dust and gas. But the long dusty filaments that appear dark in this visible light image are themselves hiding stars in the process of formation Telescope: Takahashi FSQ ED85 Camera: QSI683 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Filters: LRGB & Ha Total Exposure: ~ 12h Location: Mt Parnon - June 2014

Iris Nebula Widefield

Iris Nebula (NGC7023) wide field and friends (Ghost Nebula) Telescope: Takahashi FSQ ED85 Camera: QSI683 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Filters: LRGB Total Exposure: ~ 13h Location: Mt. Parnon & Gythion Greece

M17 - Omega Nebula in Wide Field

Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this degree wide field of view spans almost 100 light-years. Stellar winds and energetic light from hot, massive stars formed from M17's stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining interstellar material producing the cavernous appearance and undulating shapes. M17 is also known as the Omega Nebula or the Swan Nebula. Telescope: Officina Stellare RH200 @ f/3 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Camera: QSI 683+ Mono Filters: Astrodon LRGB+Ha Total Exposure: 6h (L:120 / R:60 / G:60: B:60 / Ha:60) Location: Elikonas Mt. Greece

Cave Nebula - SH2-155

The Cave Nebula, Sh2-155 or Caldwell 9, is a dim and very diffuse bright nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emission, reflection, and dark nebulosity. It is located in the constellationCepheus. Visually it is a difficult object, but with adequate exposure, makes a striking image. The nebula gets its name from the dark lane at the eastern side abutting the brightest curve of emission nebulosity which gives the appearance of a deep cave when seen through a telescope visually. Telescope: Officina Stellare Veloce RH200 @ f/3 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Guiding: TS-OAG9 / Lodestar Camera: ATIK 383L+ Mono Filters: Baader LRGB Total Exposure: 6 h Subexposures: LRGB (5min) Location: Mt Parnon / Aug 2012

Bubble Nebula Widefield - NGC 7635

Seemingly adrift in a cosmic sea of stars and glowing gas, the delicate, floating apparition near the center (next to a blue tinted star) of this widefield view is cataloged as NGC 7635 - The Bubble Nebula. A mere 10 light-years wide, the tiny Bubble Nebula and the larger complex of interstellar gas and dust clouds are found about 11,000 light-years distant, straddling the boundary between the parental constellations Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Also included in the breathtaking vista is open star cluster M52 (upper left), some 5,000 light-years away Telescope: Officina Stellare RH200 @ f/3 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Camera: QSI 683+ Mono Filters: Astrodon LRGB+Ha Total Exposure: 6h (L:120 / R:60 / G:60: B:60 / Ha:60) Location: Elikonas Mt. Greece

Helix Nebula - NGC 7293

The Helix Nebula, also known as The Helix or NGC 7293, is a large planetary nebula (PN) located in the constellation of Aquarius. Discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae.[7] The estimated distance is about 215 parsecs or 700 light-years. It is similar in appearance to the Ring Nebula, whose size, age, and physical characteristics are similar to the Dumbbell Nebula, varying only in its relative proximity and the appearance from the equatorial viewing angle.[2] The Helix has often been referred to as the Eye of God on the Internet, since about 2003 Equinox ED120, ATIK314L, Baader Narrowband Filters: Ha, Si, O3, Total Exposure: 8 Hours, Location: Mt Parnon

The Orion Nebula - M42

The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion. It is one of the brightest nebulae, and is visible to the naked eye in the night sky. M42 is located at a distance of 1,344 ± 20 light years and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across. It has a mass of about 2000 times the mass of the Sun. Older texts frequently refer to the Orion Nebula as the Great Nebula in Orion or the Great Orion Nebula. Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 85 ED Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5-Pro Camera: QSI 683 Mono Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB Subexposures: 5min Total Exposure: 10h Location: Mt. Parnon Greece

The Horsehead Nebula - IC 434

The Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) is a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of the star Alnitak, which is furthest east on Orion's Belt, and is part of the much larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The Horsehead Nebula is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. It is one of the most identifiable nebulae because of the shape of its swirling cloud of dark dust and gases, which is similar to that of a horse's head when viewed from Earth.The red glow originates from hydrogen gas predominantly behind the nebula, ionized by the nearby bright star Sigma Orionis. The darkness of the Horsehead is caused mostly by thick dust, although the lower part of the Horsehead's neck casts a shadow to the left. Streams of gas leaving the nebula are funneled by a strong magnetic field. Bright spots in the Horsehead Nebula's base are young stars just in the process of forming Telescope: WO FLT98 Camera: ATIK314L Mono Filters: LRGB +Ha Total exposure: 8h Location: Gythio, Greece

Horsehead Nebula Area

Telescope: RH200 Camera: ATIK490EX

Barnard 169, Barnard 170 , Barnard 171

Several dark nebula objects located in Cepheus. Barnard 169, 170, 171 can be seen in this wide field image. Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q 85 Camera: QSI 683 Mono Filters: Astrodon LRGB Gen II Mount: Astrophysics Mach 1 GTO Location: Near Gythion Greece Total exposure: 7h

North America Nebula (NGC 7000) & Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The remarkable shape of the emission nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. It is sometimes incorrectly called the "North American NebulaThe North America Nebula is large, covering an area of more than four times the size of the full moon; but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. Binoculars and telescopes with large fields of view (approximately 3°) will show it as a foggy patch of light under sufficiently dark skies. However, using a UHC filter, which filters out some unwanted wavelengths of light, it can be seen by the naked eye under dark skies. Its prominent shape and especially its reddish color (from the hydrogen Hα emission line) show up only in photographs of the area.Cygnus's Wall is a term for the "Mexico and Central America part" of the North America Nebula. The Cygnus Wall exhibits the most concentrated star formations in the nebula.The North America Nebula and the nearby Pelican Nebula, (IC 5070) are in fact parts of the same interstellar cloud of ionized hydrogen (H II region). Between the Earth and the nebula complex lies a band of interstellar dust that absorbs the light of stars and nebulae behind it, and thereby determines the shape as we see it. The distance of the nebula complex is not precisely known, nor is the star responsible for ionizing the hydrogen so that it emits light. If the star inducing the ionization is Deneb, as some sources say, the nebula complex would be about 1800 light years distance, and its absolute size (6° apparent diameter on the sky) would be 100 light years. Telescope: FLT98 @ f5, Reducer: TRF2008, Mount: HEQ5 Pro, Camera: ATIK 383L+, Guiding: Vixen Viewfinder 50mm + SSAG, Filters: Baader LRGB+ha, Subexposures: L 10m, RGB 10m bin 2x2, Ha 10m, Location: Asopos Lakonia, Greece, Total exposure: ~ 18h

Sharpless 119

Sh2-119, or Sharpless 119, is a large complex of emission nebulosity in Cygnus constellation, about 2 degrees east of the North American Nebula. It is located just around 68 Cygni, a quite bright star of magnitude 5. The nebula was catalogued by astronomer S. Sharpless in his famous "Catalogue of HII Regions", published in 1959. Sharpless described it as a large (have an apparent diameter of about 2 degrees) and "bright" nebula. The nebula is crossed by several dark dust lanes and globules, especially on the southern part. Telescope: Wo FLT98 @ f5 ,Reducer: TRF2008, Camera: ATIK383L+ , Mount: HEQ5 Pro, Filters: Baader LRGB + Ha, Total Exposure: 7h, Location: Gythio-Lakonia

The Rho Ophiuchi

The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a dark nebula of gas and dust that is located 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi of the constellation Ophiuchus. This cloud covers an angular area of 4.5° × 6.5° on the celestial sphere. The distance from the Earth is about 400 million light years.Image taken in Mt Parnon at 1420m from 4 members of AstroVox Astrophotography Team and it is mosaic of 4 parts. Participated in Project Angel Kechagias, Farmakopoulos Antonis, Evangelos Souglakos, Dagioglou Elias and Stella Soultou which provided her telescope in order to have the same focus.Processing of the whole data set was made by Angelos Kechagias (astrocorinth.webs.com) Telescopes: TS APO65Q 65/420 f6,5 - Astro-Tech APO65Q 65/420 f6,5 - TS Individual ED APO 70/420mm f,6 - TeleVue NP 101is με TV Focal Reducer f4,5EQ Mounts: 2 Sky Watcher EQ6 Pro & 2 HEQ5 ProCameras: QHY9 KAF 8300 mono CCD,2 QHY9 , ATIK 383L, SBIG ST-8300Filters / Exposure time: L 80x600 sec bin 1x , RGB 48x300 bin 2xTotal Exposure Time: 40 ~ Hours

The Bubble Nebula - NGC 7635

NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is a H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, young central star. The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered in 1787 by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel. With an 8 or 10-inch (250 mm) telescope, the nebula is visible as an extremely faint and large shell around the star.[1][2] The nearby 7th magnitude star on the west hinders observation, but one can view the nebula using averted vision Equinox ED120, ATIK314L, Baader Narrowband Filters: Ha, Si, O3, Total Exposure: 12 Hours

Iris Nebula - NGC7023

The Iris Nebula, also NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4, is a bright reflection nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cepheus. NGC 7023 is actually the cluster within the nebula, LBN 487, and the nebula is lit by a magnitude +7 star, SAO 19158.[1] It shines at magnitude +6.8. It is located near the Mira-type variable star T Cephei, and near the bright magnitude +3.23 variable star Beta Cephei (Alphirk). It lies 1,300light-years away and is six light-years across Skywatcher ED120 ATIK314L LRGB Filters Exposure: 5 Hours Location: Mt Parnon

Lbn 468, Ldn 1148, 1155, 1158, Rno 124 Cepheus

Reflection and dark nebulae in Cepheus cataloged by Beverly T. Lynds Catalogue of Bright Nebulae 1965 and Catalog of Dark Nebulae 1962. Herbig-Haro 215 is also called Gyulbudaghian’s Nebula.This little-known variable reflection nebula is similar to Hubble’s variable nebula. This nebula changes brightness and shape over many months or years. Armen Gyulbudaghian is a Russian astronomer at Byurakan Observatory. He discovered this nebula in 1977, Apparently during a survey for new Herbig-Haro objects.The object as a whole is known as HH 215; the reflection nebula is officially cataloged as GM 1-29 (Magakyan — the “M” — was co-author on the discovery paper). At the heart of the Herbig-Haro object lies the variable Herbig AbBe pre-main sequence star PV Cephei.This is a newly formed star that is surrounded by a rotating disk of material. At right angles to this disk are two jets of material, streaming away from the star at high speeds Telescope: Officina Stellare Veloce RH200 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Guiding: TS-OAG9 / Lodestar Camera: ATIK 383L+ Mono Filters: Baader LRGB Total Exposure: 6.5h Subexposures: LRGB 5min Location: Mt Parnon 18-20 July 2012

Crab Nebula - M1

The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellationof Taurus. The nebula was observed by John Bevis in 1731; it corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese and Arabastronomers in 1054.At the center of the nebula lies the Crab Pulsar, a neutron star (or spinning ball of neutrons), twelve miles across, which emits pulses ofradiation from gamma rays to radio waves with a spin rate of 30.2 times per second. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical supernova explosion. Telescope: VC200L @ f6.4 Camera: ATIK 314L Filters: Baader LRGB+Ha

The Pacman Nebula - NGC 281

NGC 281 is a busy workshop of star formation. Prominent features include a small open cluster of stars, a diffuse red-glowing emission nebula, large lanes of obscuring gas and dust, and dense knots of dust and gas in which stars may still be forming. The open cluster of stars IC 1590 visible around the center has formed only in the last few million years. The brightest member of this cluster is actually a multiple-star system shining light that helps ionize the nebula’s gas, causing the red glow visible throughout. The lanes of dust visible left of center are likely homes of future star formation. Particularly striking in the above photograph are the dark Bok globules visible against the bright nebula. The NGC 281 system, dubbed the Pacman nebula for its overall shape, lies about 10 thousand light years distant. Telescope: Officina Stellare RH200 Camera: ATIK 383L+ Mono Mount: AP Mach 1 GTO Filters: Baader LRGB + Ha Total Exposure: 5h Location: Mt. Parnon Greece

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Widefield - IC 1396

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. The cosmic elephant's trunk is over 20 light-years long. . This image highlights the bright swept-back ridges that outline pockets of cool interstellar dust and gas. Such embedded, dark, tendril-shaped clouds contain the raw material for star formation and hide protostars within the obscuring cosmic dust. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, the relatively faint IC 1396 complex covers a large region on the sky, spanning over 5 degrees Telescope: Officina Stellare RH200 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Camera: QSI 683 Mono Filters: Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB Total Exposure: ~ 7h Location: Mt. Parnon

Snake Nebula

The Snake Nebula (also known as Barnard 72) is a dark nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. It is a small but readily apparent S-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula. To the right side of the Snake Nebula is found Barnard 68, Barnard 69, Barnard 70, and Barnard 74. Telescope: Officina Stellare Veloce RH200 Mount: Astrophysics Mach1 GTO Guiding: TS-OAG9 / Lodestar Camera: ATIK 383L+ Mono Filters: Baader L-R-G-B Total Exposure: 4h Subexposures: LRGB 3min Location: Mt Parnon