James Janusz 2000 thru 2020 All Rights Reserved
Telescope: Astro-Physics 160 EDF Description:Barnard 72, The Snake Nebula is a dark nebula in Ophiuchus . It is a small but readily apparent S-shaped dust lane that snakes out in front of the Milky Way star clouds from the north-north-west edge of the bowl of the Pipe Nebula. It is part of the much larger Dark Horse Nebula. To the right side of the Snake Nebula is found Barnard 68. Below it are found Barnard 69, 70, and 74. (Wiki)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO Constellation: Ophiuchus
Camera: SBIG STX 16803 with Astrodon Ver. 2 Filters Remotely Imaged With CCD Commander
Guiding:SBIG ST402 Guider Type: Barnard Dark Nebula
Exposure Data: RGB Two hours each Position: R.A. 17h 23m 30s Dec -23° 38' 00s
Processed using Maxim data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing Date: May 2020
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz Imaging Location: Cave Creek Canyon Observatory
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