Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  The star Merope (23 Tau)
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Merope and Its Ghost, LittleGhost
Merope and Its Ghost, LittleGhost

Merope and Its Ghost

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
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Merope and Its Ghost, LittleGhost
Merope and Its Ghost, LittleGhost

Merope and Its Ghost

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Ghost of Merope or Barnard's Merope Nebula (IC 349) is a tiny reflection nebula located right next to the star Merope and requires short time photography to bring it out from its glare.  The following week I also collected longer frames to perhaps show the background better, but unfortunately even 30-second frames caused serious brightening of the star's surroundings and were not suitable for combining with my short-term frames. It turns out that it's better to stick to short exposures when having bright stars in the frame - another lesson in short time exposure astrophoto for me.

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