Berkeley 97 & LDN 1196

[deeplook]

Hello altogether!

Berkeley 97 is a small open star cluster in constellation Cepheus. It forms a nice pair with the dark nebula LDN 1196. Several scientists wrote about Berkeley 97 and so its distance was measured quite accurate - about 7860 light years.

Picture was taken at my observatory at the Gahberg, Upper Austria, back in summer 2015, when the nights were warm and clear... ;-)

Image data and 100% resolution:
http://www.deeplook.astronomie.at/berkeley%2097.htm

Best regards, Markus

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Markus.

Nice colours and well composed.

I love dark objects.

Ross.

[Geoff45]

Good one Markus.Those dark nebs always look good--I guess they are always a bit unexpected.
Geoff

[Atmos]

Quite nice Markus :)

Your setup is quite interesting too! 10" for lum and 5" for RGB, nice :)

[RickS]

I like the dark ones too. Nicely done, Markus.

[strongmanmike]

Simple but beautiful shot Markus, nicely composed and beautifully processed, great work :thumbsup:

Mike

[deeplook]

Hello Ross, Geoff, Colin, Rick and Michael,

thank you very much! :)


I would not recommend that - a "fast" 8" (f/3) for RGB should work better. In my case, RGB signal is qiute low compared to L, so it needs a bit more of processing.

Markus

[Atmos]

A very fast 8" F/3 would be awesome no matter what you had it doing ;)

[Paul Haese]

A pleasing looking image Markus. Nice colour and an interesting looking target.

[rustigsmed]

really nice image Markus - star colours and field look beautiful.

russ

[deeplook]

Thank you very much Russel and Paul!

Markus