VDB142 in IC1396 Narrow Band 16 August 2005

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Subject	VDB 142 in IC1396, Narrow Band
Date	16th August 2005
Telescope or Lens	TEC APO 140 with AP 0.75 focal reducer
Mount	Paramount ME
Camera	ST2000XM
Filters	Schuler 10nm Ha, Custom Scientific 4nm SIII and OII
Total Exposures	L	180 min	R	180 min	G	180 min	B	180 min
Sub exposure	9 x 20 min		9 x 20 min		9 x 20 min		9 x 20 min
Binning	1x1
Field of view and resolution	Approx 58 x 43 Arcminute. 2.18 Arcsec / Pixel

Comments

Van Der Berg 142 is a dark dust cloud in the nebula IC1396. This narrow band version uses SII as Red, Ha as Green and OIII as Blue. Ha was also used to enhance the luminance aspects of the image.