Observation by Graeme Coates: IC348 - The Omicron Persei Cloud

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Graeme Coates

Observer

Graeme Coates

Observed

2021 Feb 01 - 00:00

Uploaded

2021 Mar 10 - 12:33

Objects

IC348
Barnard 3
Barnard 4

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 03^h42^m
Dec: +32°03'
Position angle: +84°45'

Field size

2°29' × 1°51'

Equipment

Skywatcher Esprit 80ED
STF-8300M
MI-250
Baader Filters

Exposure

17.5hrs (2h40m each RGB, 9h30m L; all 10min subs)

Location

EEYE

Target name

IC348 - The Omicron Persei Cloud

Title

IC348 - The Omicron Persei Cloud

About this image

IC348 is a reasonably young open cluster surrounded by the nebula VdB 19 and sits next to the bright blue star, Atik (Omicron Persei) which shines at magnitude +3.8.

The whole region is surrounded by dust and gas with HA emission coming from LBN 749, dark lanes including Barnard 3 and 4 & LDN1468/70; the whole region of dust emission extends west towards another commonly imaged object, NGC1333.

I like the shape of the "boxing hare" silhouetted against the brighter dus/gas (just above/east of Barnard 3) - another animal in the dusty menagerie.

This is an LRGB image taken from EEYE, Extremadura during Jan, Feb & March 2021.

Image capture: Paul Tribe, Graeme Coates
Processing: Graeme Coates

Files associated with this observation

IC348_LRGB_BAA.jpg (1.7 MB)

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