VdB16 and its eastern neighborhood (Göran Nilsson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Aries (Ari) · Contains: 55 Ari · B1 · B202 · B203 · B204 · B205 · B206 · LBN 725 · LBN 726 · LBN 740 · LBN 746 · LDN 1448 · LDN 1451 · LDN 1452 · LDN 1455 · PGC 11714 · PGC 11726 · PGC 11999 · PGC 1855581 · PGC 1857261 · PGC 1857326 · PGC 1861931 · PGC 1894237 · PGC 1906169 · PGC 1908070 · PGC 1912173 · PGC 3089049 · PGC 3089133 · PGC 3089206 · PGC 3089207 · And 3 more.

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VdB16 and its eastern neighborhood

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VdB 16 is a blue reflection nebula situated just south of the well known NGC 1333 in the Perseus molecular cloud. Instead of including NGC 1333 in this two panel mosaic I decided to look east instead. Also since the many images of this area are virtually all RGB images, I thought it would be interesting to see what it looks like through an IDAS NBZ filter (a Ha + Oiii dual band filter). Among other things this filter picked up a red Ha emitting band down to the left of the image. Not sure what it may be but it does not seem to be picked up in RGB images. Since I was using my dual-RASA rig and see the band in both scopes, I am at least sure it is not an artifact. Actually I also see it in the image that my Samyang 135 picked up piggybacking on the RASAs. That image indicates that it may be part of a larger Ha emitting structure hiding behind all the dust.

vdB Reflection Nebula

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RA (center)	03h20m56s.93
RA (top/left)	03h34m24s.24
RA (top/right)	03h06m46s.68
RA (bottom/right)	03h07m52s.40
RA (bottom/left)	03h34m55s.57

Dec (center)	+29°59′12″.8
Dec (top/left)	+31°14′12″.3
Dec (top/right)	+30°43′22″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+28°39′13″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+29°09′20″.9

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