B72 - The Snake Nebula



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The Barnard 72, aka the Snake Nebula, is a dark dust lane in Ophiuchus constellation, 650 ly from Earth.
It is part of the much larger Dark Horse Nebula.


Optic SW ED80 + 0,85 Reducer/Flattener
Camera EOS 600D Baader
Mount NEQ6
Guide
 SW 70/500 with AlCCD5
Frame center
 RA 17:22:37 DEC -23:37:46 J2000
Date
 7th June 2013
Site
 Pian dell Armà, Italian Alps
Exposures 30x300s ISO800 - 7 dark, 11 flat, 11 bias

Integration time - 2h 30m
B72

B72

B72
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