Image of LDN1622, Boogeyman Nebula, HaRGB
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Annotated Image of LDN1622, Boogeyman Nebula, HaRGB
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LDN1622

Objects LDN 1621; LDN1622 (Boogeyman Nebula); vdB 62; vdB 63; HH 111; HH 113; 56 Ori; 59 Ori; HD 39685; Barnard's Loop
Description This is my first image where the main focus is a dark nebula, a cold cloud of interstellar dust. This image actually captures two dark nebulae Lynds’ Dark Nebulae 1621 and 1622. Other nebula in the field include a small part of the much larger Barnard’s loop (ha emission nebula), and two reflection nebula, van den Bergh 62 and 63.
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LDN 1622 by is licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 Licesnse.
Acquisition Dates November 4, 2018, November 10, 2018, November 17, 2018, December 4, 2018, December 10, 2018, December 26, 2018, December 27, 2018, January 25, 2019, January 28, 2019, January 30, 2019
Date Published 2019-01-31
Locations Mostly Backyard, Newark, DE. RGB data captured at Sharon Roat's backyard.
Optics Stellarvue SVQ86
Mount Orion Atlas EQ-G
Camera ZWO ASI-1600 MM-Cool (v3)
Filters Astrodon Ha (5nm), RGB (E-series)
Guiding ZWO ASI290MM Mini and Astromania 60mm guidescope
Gain 200 for narrowband, 75 for broadband
Cooling -15C
Integration Total: 10.1 hours; Ha: 86 x 300"; R: 40 x 90"; G: 39 x 90"; B: 41 x 90"
Software Mount Control: EQMOD; Planetarium: Cartes Du Ciel; Acuisition: Sequence Generator Pro; Guiding: PHD2; Polar Alignment: QHY Polemaster; Processing: PixInsight 1.8.5 and Photoshop CS6
RA/DEC Center 88.713; 2.291
Orientation (E of N) 109 degrees
Links Astrobin; WorldWideTelescope
LDN 1622 in the WorldWideTelescope screenshot