Barnard
12 (LDN1407), 13 and 21 (LDN1406) in Camelopardalis
plus LDNs 1401, 1404, 1405, 1408, 1409 and 1411 - LRGB
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Barnard 13 is the very dark nebula at 7 o'clock to the
bright orange star in the centre. The Barnard 11 Nebula is located
above it.
These other nebulae are scattered through the frame and
in some cases are other names for the Barnard objects: LBN1401
LDN1405 LDN1408 LDN1409 and LDN1411
Scope: AP155EDF w 4" Field Flattener and Focus Boss II motorized focuser
Camera: Moravian G4 w Astrodon Gen II filters
Mount: Paramount MX guided w an SBIG ST-402ME and Borg 60mm guidescope
29 x 20 min of Luminance
10/8/11 x 10 min each of RGB
Acquired with CCD-Commander and TheSkyX
Reduction and all pre-processing in PixInsight.
RGB processed in PixInsight using SPCC, BlurX, NoiseX then
HistogramTransformation, Curves and a masked Saturation boost.
Luminance processed in PixInsight using BlurX, NoiseX, then
StarX followed by HistogramTransformation, Curves and
LocalHistogramEqualization (for contrast) then the stars were
restored.
LRGBCombine in PI then additional tweaks in Photoshop.
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browser.
Lucknow, Ontario
December 2023
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