Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  VdB136
VdB 136 Yellow Reflection Nebula, Jerry Macon
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VdB 136 Yellow Reflection Nebula

VdB 136 Yellow Reflection Nebula, Jerry Macon
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VdB 136 Yellow Reflection Nebula

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Images from the following two scopes (piggybacked) contributed to this image:

AG12+ASI1600MM at .70 asec/pix (RGB)

TV127is+ASI183MM at .75 asec/pix. (L)

They were all registered to the best R image taken on the AG12.

This image was unguided.

The original version of this was just awfull! Why didn't someone say something. Somehow I deluded myself into thinking those colors were real. Actually I had a very bad color gradient and it took multiple applications of DynamicBackgroundExtraction to correct it. Color gradients are a real risk doing RGB with a full moon.

This image shows an unusual and rarely imaged yellow reflection nebula. Light from the red giant star in the center is being reflected in our direction by particles of soot and gas behind the star, giving the diffuse yellow glow of VdB136. The area is surrounded by faint H-alpha emissions and interesting dark lanes too. This patch of sky lies about 2 degrees from the Cygnus the Swan’s brightest star, Deneb. VdB 136 is a around 2510 light years distant.

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VdB 136 Yellow Reflection Nebula, Jerry Macon