Bernes 149 in Scorpius

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Hi all, untill I wait my HD containing all my fits back for reparation (got a crash and many of the files were not back-up ) here I go with one of the few images on the work-in-progress that got saved:

Bernes 149 in Scorpius

Bernes 149 is an obscure nebula complex consisting of the reflection nebula GN 16.05.2 at the center of an elongated dusty dark nebula. It is part of the LUPUS complex (actually it is also known as Lupus 3 cloud). I got a nice description of this object from Sakib Rasool that was also the one suggesting me this unknown target. Despite the relatively quite long exposure (in particular Luminance) I found this nebula fainter than expected, even if still manageable.

As usual I took this image from Coona using my 140APO.

Hope you will like it

Clear skies
Marco

[dvj (John)]

Your color work is exceptional.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

What a mysterious object..lovely

See Marco, there will aaaalways be time for processing...even with a new born in the house

Good luck with the hard drive resurrection.

Mike

[sjastro]

Excellent image Marc and one off the beaten track.

Steven

[RickS (Rick)]

Very cool, Marco! Looks like a very tough one to image and process.

[Ross G]

A beautiful photo Marco.

I love the detail and colours you have captured!

I was in Coonabarabran for the July new moon and I photographed the same object. However mine was only with a 4" refractor and a OSC ccd.
I have yet to process it but it looks very dim!

I will be able to use your great shot as a benchmark.

Thanks.

Ross.

[astroron (Ron)]

Lovely image Marco,outstanding colours.
Cheers

[multiweb (Marc)]

Superb shot Marco. Never seen this one before.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Simply gorgeous! I've never seen this one before. It's quite special.

H

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Well that's really nice Marco and exceptionally well processed too.

Cheers

Steve

[Paul Haese]

Nice image Marco. Great colours and interesting field of view.

[SimmoW (SIMON)]

Yes I love the intense colours in this one

[marc4darkskies (Marcus)]

Haven't seen that one before - lovely Marco!

[andyc (Andy)]

So many stars! Another really great shot Marco, nice to see something unusual too

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Really beautiful image Marco - very interesting object.

[IanP]

Breathtaking .. ..&.. Hair-raising ..

[atalas]

Nice work Marco.

[AstroJason (Jason)]

Really like this object Marco, like many others I have not seen it before so thanks for sharing something new. Fantastic image.

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Thank you all guys for the appreciation As said this one was much dimmer than expected and was not easy to take out, time for me to think about a larger aperture

Originally Posted by Ross G

A beautiful photo Marco.
I was in Coonabarabran for the July new moon and I photographed the same object. However mine was only with a 4" refractor and a OSC ccd.
I have yet to process it but it looks very dim!

Hi Ross, it is but I am sure you will be able to get it out as well, Coona skies are very dark

Thanks again!
Marco

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

What a mysterious object..lovely

See Marco, there will aaaalways be time for processing...even with a new born in the house

Good luck with the hard drive resurrection.

Mike

Thanks Mike and yes, there is always time to process.. ones just have to renounce sleeping

Ciao
Marco