Barnard 150 (LDN 1082) Dark Nebula in Cepheus (Gábor Galambos)

Barnard 150 (LDN 1082) Dark Nebula in Cepheus

The Barnard 150 (B 150) dark nebula is 1200 light-years from the Earth in the direction of constellation Cepheus. Looking towards the constellation, the dusty clouds are part of the molecular cloud of the Milky Way. B 150 is a dense, dusty nebula, which is also known as the Seahorse Nebula due to its characteristic shape.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Edward Emerson Barnard, an American astronomer, systematized and cataloged dark nebulae. The result of his work became known as the Barnard catalog, and the 182 dark nebulae originally listed in it became known as Barnard objects. After the astronomer's death, in the expanded catalog published in 1927, the number of Barnard objects increased to over 300.
The Seahorse Nebula was included in the LDN (Lynd's Dark Nebulae) catalog in 1962, where it was given the identifier LDN 1082. The nebula itself consists of three main parts, which parts were designated LDN 1082 A, B and C.
The dark nebula LDN 1082 appears at 1° longitude in the sky. It is believed that low-mass stars are born in these dense nebulae, which can only be detected in the infrared range.
In addition, the Seahorse Nebula the photo shows the dark nebula LDN 1076, and where the dusty clouds of the Milky Way allow, the extremely distant galaxies PGC 167690, PGC 167697 and PGC 97245 can also be found. The latter are slightly elongated objects located in the upper left, starting from the center of the image.
The dense fog standing out from the dusty background and the colorful stars shining in the field of vision present a truly beautiful sight.
I took this picture over two summer nights in 2023, which happened to be July 17 and July 23, 2023, under Bortle 3 sky in Hungary.

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