Barnard 150- The Serpent (Chris White- Overcast Observatory)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: B148 · B149 · B150

Powered byPixInsight

Barnard 150- The Serpent

Powered byPixInsight

Barnard 150- The Serpent

Lum: 103x600"
Red" 43x600"
Green: 39x600"
Blue: 38x600"
HA: 28x600"
41h Total

This image was quite the rabbit hole for me. I don't think I realized just how faint the area around the dark nebula would be and that it would require a large time commitment to collect enough data to bring it out. Also there is very little color information in the surrounding dust, but as I collected more and more data I started to see some really nice hues. A nice band of Hydrogen Alpha streaks into the left edge of this field of view so I put a few hours on HA to bring this out a bit more.

Beyond the challenges that the target and surrounding area presents the real difficulty was processing the data. I must have tried a half a dozen different approaches trying all the tricks I could to bring out the color, preserve the details and minimize artifacts from having to push so hard. It still doesn't match my mind's eye view of what I am going for, but I think for now I need to post it and sit back for a bit and give it some critical thinking and research some techniques for editing.

In any event, I'm pleased with the image and I suspect that my next target will be nice and bright! The pendulum usually swings the other way after I put this kind of effort into something so challenging!

C&C Welcome.

Original
E
F
Final
G

E

Description: Fixed those two big bright blown out stars.

Uploaded: ...

F

Description: Temperature Adjustment

Uploaded: ...

G

Description: Reprocess using StarXterminator to remove stars to process the dust separately.

Uploaded: ...

AstroBin Platform open discussions community forum
Cloudy Nights

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	5018435
PixInsight job	7XNEBVYEUQZK3B8Q9LG0QCZBFTH6XKSS
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	20h51m32s.55
RA (top/left)	21h01m05s.55
RA (top/right)	20h42m07s.33
RA (bottom/right)	20h42m24s.63
RA (bottom/left)	21h00m32s.60

Dec (center)	+60°04′07″.3
Dec (top/left)	+60°48′01″.4
Dec (top/right)	+60°49′33″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°17′47″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+59°16′13″.0

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

Barnard 150- The Serpent

Barnard 150- The Serpent

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Revisions

E

F

G

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

		...
You have no new notifications.

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

Barnard 150- The Serpent

Barnard 150- The Serpent

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Revisions

E

F

G

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

Notifications

AstroBin is in READ ONLY mode

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Are you really sure?

Warning!

Warning!

Are you sure?

Report abuse

Slideshow settings

IOTD/TP stats (last [x] days)

Distribution of astrophotographers

Distribution of subject types

Distribution of data sources

Sorry

Sorry

Share

Upload new revision

Upload uncompressed source (XISF/FITS/PSD/TIFF)

Delete image and all its revisions?

Delete original image?

Delete all other versions?

Delete all revisions?

Delete this revision?

Delete this revision?

Delete this revision?

IOTD/TP stats

The following people like this image

The following people bookmarked this image

Warning

Flag malfunctioning thumbnails

Contains

Remove yourself as a collaborator

Plate-solving information