Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Orion (Ori)
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Vdb 38 and Sh2-263, Jon Talbot
Vdb 38 and Sh2-263
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Vdb 38 and Sh2-263, Jon Talbot
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Sh2-263 and VdB 38 is also known as the Raspberry nebula. It lies in the Constellation Orion. It consists of an emission (Sh2-263) and reflection nebula (VdB 38). I imaged this object within a much wider field of view in 2018 using a 70mm refractor http://www.starscapeimaging.com/Sh2-263_Sh2-265.html. This time around I was looking for a higher resolution view and used my 6" Stellarvue refractor. The higher resolution brought out the delicate wisps of blue reflection which glow blue reflecting off the mag 5.78 star SAO 112667 near the center of the image. This area is also full of dust and faint hints of it can be seen around the image. The image is a composite mixing a Ha filtered image with the broadband LRGB image. Thanks for taking a look.

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Vdb 38 and Sh2-263, Jon Talbot