vdB 152

From time to time I obtain data sets from remote observatories. One of my favorite providers is the Insight Observatory with telescopes in e.g. Chile, Namibia, New Mexico etc. One of the data sets I received, was data from the nebula vdB 152, located in the constellation Cepheus.

Data calibration and registration and the final processing was done with PixInsight. The result was as follows:

The images were taken with the following equipment:

• Location: Pie Town, New Mexico
• Telescope/Lense: Dreamscope 16″ f/3.7 Astrograph
• Focal length [mm]: 1525
• Focal ratio: 3.75
• Mount: Paramount ME
• Camera: FLI Proline 16803
• Filter: L:R:G:B
• Exposure time [min]: 75:65:65:65
• Resolution: 1.23″/px