LDN 1082 (Barnard 150) - Seahorse Dark Nebula (Massimo Di Fusco)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: B150 · HD198300 · LDN 1076 · LDN 1082

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LDN 1082 (Barnard 150) - Seahorse Dark Nebula

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LDN 1082 (Barnard 150) - Seahorse Dark Nebula

LDN 1082 or Barnard 150, also known as Seahorse Nebula because of its striking appearance, is an extended, elongated dark molecular cloud of dust in Cepheus constellation, so thick, that it absorbs all the light that comes from the stars behind it. This molecular cloud is part of our Milky Way galaxy, one of the 182 objects cataloged by astronomer Edward E. Barnard and it lies at about 1200 Llight -years away. Cloud location on the Milky Way's plane, makes it stand out on the background completely filled with colorful stars of any age and size.
This nebula is about 1 degree in size, width of two Moons. What is also interesting about this cloud, as it have 3 highly dense dust cores, which actually is a star formation regions. They were cataloged by Lynds and named LDN 1082 A, B and C.
Because the molecular cloud is only illuminated from behind by starlight, it is a major challenge for astrophotographers to process the dark dust on a dark background. To make things easier, nebulae of this type require very dark skies, so I was skeptical about the success of the photo from a polluted city sky. The result surprised me quite a bit, also considering that this nebula is still low in this period.

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RA (center)	20h50m33s.60
RA (top/left)	20h55m15s.99
RA (top/right)	20h55m17s.73
RA (bottom/right)	20h45m42s.96
RA (bottom/left)	20h45m55s.51

Dec (center)	+60°10′34″.9
Dec (top/left)	+59°45′56″.4
Dec (top/right)	+60°35′27″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+60°34′31″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+59°45′05″.1

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