The little "S" shaped dark nebula is Barnard 72, otherwise known as the Snake Nebula. It is located towards the heart of our galaxy. As such, there are TONS of stars in this field! These Dark Nebulae are very dense areas of dust and gas that are silhouetted by the dense star fields. The Milky Way is filled with these objects.I took this image last week at the Three Rivers Foundation, an astronomy campus located near Crowell, Texas (about 4 hours NW of Dallas). That place is AMAZING! It literally looks like a state park, but is filled with state-of-the-art astronomy gear for public use. I spent two nights there and helped out with a Star Party that 3RF sponsored -- about 100 people showed up (mostly boy and girl scouts). I demonstrated Astrophotography (what else?)
The skies at 3RF were very dark indeed, and the desert-like climate is very dry. I certainly plan on going back!
FSQ-106EDX f/5
STL-11000M -10c
LRGB (70x20x20x20) color binned 2x2
CCD Stack, CS4
2 comments:
I really like photographs of dark nebula, the inky blackness and patterns they form in front of a background of countless stars is amazing. This photograph shows them well, a nice tight focus.
Thanks Dave! Yes, I really like the Barnard objects. They photograph very differently from other objects (being silhouettes).
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