Here is another image from the recent star party, the “Seahorse Nebula”, also known as Barnard 150.  It is a dark nebula, meaning that the shape is defined by a cloud of dense dust that blocks light from the stars behind it (a silhouette).  It is located in the constellation Cepheus, but I don’t know how far away it is. This was captured with a Stellarvue SVX80T with a focal reducer (for an effective focal length of 355mm and focal ration of f/4.44), and cropped a bit.  Seeing was very good for the 2 nights I captured this target.  I […]