Rotten Fish...

[Andy Elliott]

Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251, lies about 1,000 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus. This dusty molecular cloud, also known as "The Rotten Fish Nebula," and forms part of a large complex of dark nebulae. Within the image, are the tell-tale reddish glow from scattered Herbig-Haro objects, which are bright patches of nebulosity associated with newborn stars.

Total integration: 7h 10m; No filter

Equipment:

- Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED

- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro

- Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

To view the high res image, visit AstroBin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/pca3lq

 

[JimFox]

Wow Andy! That's so cool! I have always thought that this one was an under appreciated object. You did it really well to keep all of the dark nebula intact.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Andy,
This is truly excellent. Good dark nebulae images are NOT easy. I need to try my hand at more of them. I would be VERY happy to end up with results like this. I greatly enjoyed the AB version - thanks for sharing!

ML

 

[Andy Elliott]

Andy,
This is truly excellent. Good dark nebulae images are NOT easy. I need to try my hand at more of them. I would be VERY happy to end up with results like this. I greatly enjoyed the AB version - thanks for sharing!

ML

Thanks Mike, I really enjoy shooting these dark nebulae.