Deep Sky Object in Winter
vdB62 (Reflection Nebula in Orion)

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Date & Time: Feb 23 2020, from 22:17 to 23:27 JST(+0900)
Composed 15 shots with 5 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial & SBIG STV
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)
Device Size...35×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO1600


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Close-up of vdB62

Date & Time: Jan 13 2024, from 21:53 to 23:00 JST(+0900)
Composed 12 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


vdB62 / Reflection Nebula
R.A.05h 53m 30.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+01° 42' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size15.0'
Real Size5.7 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Distance1300 light yrs.
This image shows you a small reflection nebula in 5 degrees northeast of eastern star of Orion's belt, Altanik. The nebula, positioned at a bit lower part in center, has a round shape around an 8.4th magnitude star with a diameter of about 15 arc minutes. The vdB62 is brightened by reflecting this star's light. Actually the nebula is only small southern region of a vast dark nebula (LDN1621-1622) with a span of over 40 arc minutes. The dark nebula is lying in northern part of the Barnard's Loop seen in lower right hand side of the image, vast dark nebulae have distributed in outskirts.
This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 700mm.



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