vdB
141 Reflection Nebula in Cepheus.
The
van den
Bergh catalog is a listing of
reflection nebulae, first published by Sidney van den Bergh in 1966.
There are 159 entries in the catalog. vdB 141 is one of the most
unique nebulae, mainly because of its pale yellow color.
Most reflection
nebulae are blue, because they typically surround a young blue star.
vdB 141 is illuminated by a
yellow star,
giving it the unusual color. For more information about vdB 141,
see the Wikipedia
entry. For another view see the image from
Irida Observatory.This image was made with my ASA 10N astrograph and an ASI2600MM Pro camera, using AstroDon LRGB filters. The total exposure time was just 4.3 hours from Animas NM. Processing was done in MaximDL, PixInsight, and Photoshop.
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This page illustrates what can be photographed using amateur telescopes and a CCD camera. I currently use an SBIG STL11000M camera and have previously used SBIG and Starlight Xpress cameras, as well as a Cookbook 245 camera that I built myself. Many of the images o this web site were taken from my backyard near a busy street with several street lights. Not only is the CCD camera a great imaging tool, but it allows "real time" observation of objects not normally visible in areas with moderate-severe light pollution.
