LDN768 - The Loch Ness Monster Dark Nebula in Vulpecula (Cfosterstars)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul) · Contains: HD182032 · HD182078 · HD182619 · HD182695 · HD182918 · HD183681 · HD344201 · HD344202 · HD344203 · HD344206 · HD344207 · HD344209 · HD344210 · HD344211 · HD344213 · HD344214 · HD344228 · HD344229 · HD344230 · HD344231 · HD344232 · HD344233 · HD344236 · HD344237 · HD344238 · HD344241 · HD344302 · HD344303 · HD344304 · HD344305 · And 57 more.

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LDN768 - The Loch Ness Monster Dark Nebula in Vulpecula

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Although I am so grateful to live with Bortle 5 skies, it is still hard to capture dark nebula. I think that these targets are both beautifully and very difficult to capture from my backyard. They don't work well with narrowband and that means LRGB and precious moonless clear nights to have any prayer to capture. This is my best attempt with my gear/sky limitations. I am looking at getting a portable systems that I can take to a dark sky site at some point, but that is problematic with my personal situation. Someday. Enjoy.

Several LDNs and LBNs (LBN 133 & 134, LDN 768, 769, 772, 773, 774, 775, 779) in the constellation Vulpecula form the dark nebula structures that stand out against a carpet of stars and resemble the shape of the "Monster of Loch Ness." LDN 772 is a large complex of dark nebulae in Vulpecula that is cataloged in the Lynds catalog of dark nebulae. This complex is called the Loch Ness Monster because of its resemblance to that mythological beast. The head of the monster at top right is comprised of LDN 773 and LDN 774. The neck is LDN 775. The body is LDN 769 and LDN 772. LDN 768 makes up the lower part of the body at lower left. The blue reflection nebula surrounding the 8.6 magnitude star HD 182918 in the Monster's hip area at lower left is LBN 134. The fainter patch of reflection nebulosity to its west (right in this image) is LBN 133. These nebulae were cataloged by B. T. Lynds in 1962 and 1965.

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RA (center)	19h25m50s.78
RA (top/left)	19h30m40s.52
RA (top/right)	19h20m57s.80
RA (bottom/right)	19h21m04s.18
RA (bottom/left)	19h30m40s.55

Dec (center)	+22°55′44″.3
Dec (top/left)	+23°40′20″.9
Dec (top/right)	+23°39′04″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+22°10′32″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+22°11′45″.9

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