Deep Sky Object in Winter
Barnard's Loop to Rosette Nebula


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Date & Time: Dec 17 2023, from 25:15 to 26:52 JST(+0900)
Composed 25 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: AF zoom-Nikkor 80-200mmF2.8ED (f=80mm, stop: F4.0)
with Astronomik CLS-CCD-FF filter
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Sensitivity...ISO3200



Barnard's Loop / Diffused Nebula, type E
R.A.05h 52m (2000.0)
Dec.-03° (2000.0)
Apparent Size600×30'
Real Size -
Magnitude -
Distance1500 light yrs.
NGC2237-9 / Diffused Nebula, type 1 E
R.A.06h 30m 18.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+05° 03' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size64×61'
Real Size67~64 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Distance3600 light yrs.
Other IDsSh2-275, LBN949
This picture has captured the area of the Barnard's Loop spread at whole of Eastern Orion and the Rosette Nebula in the constellation of Monoceros with a medium ranged telephoto lens. This celestial field is mainly occupied with the area of Monoceros with a faint winter's Milky Way crossing slantingly. Though these diffused nebulae can be hardly seen with naked eyes, they're very photographed.
It's considered that the Barnard's Loop is a remnant of supernova exploded about one million years ago. It's a star's remains, and it would be reversely said that the Rosette Nebula is a cradle of stars, because the nebula includes the dark gaseous lumps called globules and new stars are under being born from them. There is a dynamic metempsychosis in the cosmic world although we cannot recognize that during our lifetime.




Barnard's Loop(Sh2-276)

Hubble's Variable Nebula(NGC2261)


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