Barnard 170 in Cepheus

[Nicola]

Here I am with a new image to show you. This is the time of the dark nebula B170 in the constellation of Cepheus. As it is easily noted, it is a very dense region, rich of stars and dust clouds (after all we are looking toward on of the most crowded fields of the Summer Milky Way). The ionized hydrogen component, responsible for the red hue all around, is also very rich and for this reason I added to the initial LRGB composition some light frames with an H-alpha narrow band filtre.

Link to technical details and highres image: http://www.skymonsters.net/immagine.php?img=B170.jpg

Clear skies!

[Larryp]

Lovely image, Nicola!

[jsmoraes]

Very beautiful and nice image. I love it. :2thumbs:

[RickS]

Beautiful image, Nicola! Reminds me a bit of this area of the sky: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=109296

Cheers,
Rick.

[Paul Haese]

Yep that is a nice area of the sky. Nice processing. More in line with traditional looking nebula colours.

[gregbradley]

Nicely done. A beautiful widefield.

Greg.

[renormalised]

Nice :)

[Nicola]

Thanks a lot for your kind comments!

@RickS: I agree, SL17 seems to have a more predominant HII region with respect of B170 though.

[broca]

Nice work Nicola. Cool target that you processed well!

[Spookyer]

Yeah, like that. Too far north for me.

[Nicola]

Thanks also to Broka and Spookyer! :)

[Elio]

Grande Nik ;)

[cosmophoton]

Excellent, wonderful contrast of the dark nebulae with the colorful background.
Cheers,
Luiz

[jase]

Great work Nicola. Have to pleased with that. Star colours are superb and the dark nebulae contrasts so well against the hydrogen rich background. Really enjoyed what you've presented. More please.

[strongmanmike]

Si!!! bellissimo Nicola :thumbsup:

Lovely colours and stars, a cool area.

Mike

[irwjager]

Nicely processed with the full range of star temperatures accounted for. You nailed it!

[astronobob]

A very dense region, wow, that looks real nice, awesome capturing and proccessing :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[David Fitz-Henr]

That's a great image Nicola, a really lovely field there :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Nicola]

Thanks Elio! :)

[Nicola]

And thanks also to cosmophoton,jase,strongmanmike,irwj ager,astronobob and David Fitz-Henr!! Much appreciated! :D