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L1082/Barnard 150 in Cepheus

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Don Goldman
BD 150
Nebula
Sierra-Remote Observatories, Shaver Lake, CA
05-17-2009
Description

Barnard 150 is a remarkable filamentary cloud within the Cepheus Flare in the constellation of Cepheus centererd at ~ RA 20h 51d and DEC +60d 16h.  It is also known as Lynds (L1082) and GF 9 in the catalog of globular filaments by Schneider and Elmegreen (1979).  This image is ~ 40 x 40 arcmin square and North is up.  This object is comprised of three dense cores where new star formation is occurring, labeled L1082 A, B and C in the annotated image below.  The locations of IRAS point sources are also included in the annotated image. 

Data were collected automatically and remotely with CCDAutoPilot4 running Maxim4.62 for camera operation and PinPointPro for image linking.  The system was guided with an SBIG ST-402 on an Astrodon MonsterMOAG off-axis guider.  Astrodon Generation 2 LRGB filter were used.  All data were unbinned and a synthetic luminance was added to the actual luminance.  Data were calibrated and initially processed in CCDStack and finally processed in Photoshop CS3.

Technical Details
Exposure Time:
5.5 hrs Total LRGB
Camera:
Apogee U16M
Telescope:
RC Optical 16" f/8.9 Ritchey-Chretien
Mount:
Software Bisque Paramount ME
© 2010 Don Goldman
Used with permission, No reproduction of these images are permitted without written approval from Don Goldman.