Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  B214  ·  HD283565  ·  HD283566  ·  HD283571  ·  HD283573  ·  LBN 785
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vdB 27 - small Reflection in Taurus, Monty Chandler
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This image was centered on VdB 27 (catalogued also as Ced 31) - a small reflection nebula in the constellation Taurus. The nebula is illuminated by the radiation of the variable star RY Tauri.  

This small reflection nebula is usually captured as part of a wide field image of this part of the Taurus Molecular cloud. From my driveway here in the hills of NC, I chose to image it with a RC8 at a focal length of 1628mm using the ASI071MC Pro camera with a Antlia Quadband light pollution filter.  

This is 110 3 minute exposures taken Feb 13 and 14, 2024. 5.5 hours of total exposure.

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vdB 27 - small Reflection in Taurus, Monty Chandler