Shark Nebula

Phil Misiowiec

Shark Nebula

The Shark nebula is about 650 light-years away and is part of a large molecular cloud in Cepheus. The two blue reflection nebulae (VdB 149 and VdB 150) give it a nice contrast. Subjects like this one are very hard to photograph unless you are in a dark site.

SPECIFICATIONS

Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4 (SPA-1)

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

QHY600M

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

IC Astronomy, Oria, Almería, Spain

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Nov/Dec 2023

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

LRGB

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PixInsight

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Phil Misiowiec (processing) / Telescope.live (data)