I decided it was high time I create a page dedicated to dark nebula pictures.

23x5 exposures for 115 minutes total with reducer, Davis Mountains, October 2008. Takahashi TOA 130 Telescope (a 5" APO refractor telescope), AP 900GTO mount, QHY8 CCD Camera. Other pictures from the camera are are here. Images processed using my Astronomy Image Processing Workflow.

31x5 minutes, about 2.5 hours, with reducer, revised version posted 11/15/2008. See the wide angle image that includes Barnard's E here. Davis Mountains, October 2008. Takahashi TOA 130 Telescope (a 5" APO refractor telescope), AP 900GTO mount, QHY8 CCD Camera. Other pictures from the camera are are here. Images processed using my Astronomy Image Processing Workflow. Other pictures from the 2008 Davis Mountains, Texas, trip are at this link.

B86, the dark nebula, is also known as "The Ink Spot." NGC6520 is the open cluster. Image data: 8x5 min exposures with the new QHY8 CCD Camera, and my first attempt at processing fits files. 9/27/2008, HAS Site near Columbus, TX.
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