Boogeyman nebula (LDN 1622) and M78 (DoubleStarPhotography)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: 51 Ori · 51 b Ori · 56 Ori · LBN 933 · LBN 934 · LBN 938 · LBN 939 · LDN 1617 · LDN 1621 · LDN 1622 · M 78 · NGC 2064 · NGC 2067 · NGC 2068 · NGC 2071 · NGC 2112 · PGC 147820 · PGC 147830 · PGC 147860 · PGC 147970 · PGC 166087 · PGC 3081083 · PGC 3081118 · PGC 3085071 · PGC 3085072 · PGC 3085073 · PGC 3085074 · PGC 3085076 · PGC 3085077 · PGC 90023 · And 7 more.

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Boogeyman nebula (LDN 1622) and M78

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Boogeyman nebula (LDN 1622) and M78

Between darkness and light there is only a thin red line some say.....but they apparently have never seen Barnard's loop! ;-)

LDN 1622 aka the Boogieman Nebula (see on the left side of this image), is a dark molecular cloud that is just under 10 light-years across in size. The Boogieman Nebula is surrounded by the intense hydrogen gas of Barnard’s Loop. Close by and on the other side of Barnard's loop, is another fascinating deep-sky object the reflection nebula Messier 78 (M78), where new stars are being being born. Open star cluster NGC2112 appears as well at the very bottom of the image.

Imager's Note: This is my second image using the Optolong L-Quad Enhance filter and first image captured using just it. The filter continues to perfrom well, and while it doesn't eliminate light pollution, I certainly am noticing it controlling it to a good extent and reducing gradients significantly. I also decided to try moving to 10 minute subs for this image and am so glad I did! The signal to noise ration in the subs is significantly higher in the subs and again the light pollution gradients are well controlled even at those exposure times.

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RA (center)	05h50m05s.90
RA (top/left)	05h54m13s.25
RA (top/right)	05h40m51s.74
RA (bottom/right)	05h45m57s.53
RA (bottom/left)	05h59m18s.49

Dec (center)	+01°15′13″.1
Dec (top/left)	+03°19′19″.3
Dec (top/right)	+01°24′56″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-00°48′50″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+01°05′25″.2

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