Casper the Friendly Ghost above Barnard's Loop
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Barnard’s Loop is a huge arc formed emission nebula in the constellation Orion, expaning over about 600 arcminutes as seen from our point of view, covering much of the constellation. This image just covers a small part of the loop, close to the star Alnitak.

Above the loop, there’s Messier 78 - the so called Casper the Friendly Ghost nebula. It’s a diffuse reflection nebula roughly 1.350 light years away from us, overlayed by the dark nebula LDN 1627.

A final detail I’d like to point out is the dust pillar at the bottom of the image, featuring a tiny reflection nebula at its top.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Camera: Canon EOS 6Da
Filter: Antlia TriBand RGB Ultra
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ5 GT
Guiding: Svbony SV165 Guide Scope with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro

Integration time: 8hrs 20min

Full version and print available at: https://adfr.io/astro/20250202_ngc2112

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🌌 Orion Nebula, Horsehead Nebula and Barnard's Loop
📅 March 2023

- Canon 250D (not astromodified)
- Samyang 135mm F2 @ F2.0
- SWSA2i
- ISO 200, 90x60s
- Siril, PS

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