Our version of VdB 38 nebula with the whole AstroFleet team. The data were acquired with our setup (TS-Optics CF-APO 155mm & ASI2600MM Pro) hosted at PixelSkies, Spain. Astrobin version here.
VdB 38, the blue reflection nebula, and SH-263, the red emission nebula, form a nebula complex in the constellation Orion.
Illuminating the gases of these nebulae is HD 34989, a blue-white main sequence star with a magnitude of 5.78. Part of the gas cloud associated with VdB 38 remains unilluminated, appearing as a dark nebula that obscures background starlight; this obscured part is designated by the abbreviation LDN 1588.
Rarely imaged, and mainly in HaLRGB, as it is a nebula of 2 kinds, emission AND reflection, we decided collectively to shoot it with ALL our filters and see what came out for each! Our image is therefore an LRVBSHO image!
The SII layer has been toned down in this version and mainly focused in the center of the nebula to emphasize details. The IFN regions were enhanced using the Luminance layer. The stars are in RGB.
The signal is very strong on all filters, particularly in L, S and H, and a little less in O. the Luminance therefore consists of LSH.
OPTICS TS-Optics CF-APO 155mm @ F/8
CAMERA ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
MOUNT iOptron CEM70
FILTERS Ha, OIII, SII, L, R, G, B
LOCATION PixelSkies, Castilléjar, Granada, Andalucia, Spain
DATE December 2023
EXPOSURES 63.1 hours (Ha 96x 600 sec, OIII 65 x 600 sec, SII 70 x 600 sec, L 100 x 600 sec, R 80 x 120 sec, G 80 x 120 sec, B 80 x 120 sec)
PROCESSING SOFTWARE Pixinsight, CCDstack, Photoshop
COPYRIGHTS Team AstroFleet
RA 05h 21m 44.1s
DEC +08° 26' 02.5"
SIZE 63.7 x 41.7 arcmin
ORIENTATION Up is 272 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Orion