vdB 144; Wow....

[Tom Davis]

.... not much there except a whole lot of stars! It appears to be the
very, very faint nebulosity in the center of the frame.

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_0000c6.htm

Tom
(slogging my way through the van den Bergh catalog as clouds and moon
permit)

[strongmanmike]

Yeh, Wow is a good word, that must be pretty faint, lovely image.

Mr Van den Bergh must have had good eyes :P

Mike

[Paul Haese]

The nebulosity is well seen on my screen but the dark dust is and would be very hard to see visually. Nice capture Tom

[Tom Davis]

Interestedly enough, I emailed Dr. van den Bergh last year and linked him to my vdB images. He stated he had seen most of them only from the POSS plates; not in color. He called them his "old friends".

Tom

[renormalised]

Great shot Tom:)

Very faint neb, almost transparent!!!. All over the place though. And there's some HII there as well scattered through the pic.

[desler]

Talk about finding the needle in the Haystack!


A joy to look at your work Tom!

Darren