LBN628 near Polaris

This is a classic LBN object, ‘Lynds’ Bright Nebula”. The Lynds’ Catalog of Bright Nebulae.

I call it the ‘Salamander’ 🙂 you can see a Salamander-like creature unwrapping itself from the dust clouds. A clear Salamander head, and the fore- and back paws stick out

What is bright about it? it’s disputable. ‘Bright’ should be read as opposed to Dark Nebula (LDN). But these interstellar dust and molecular cloud type of nebula are pretty dark. They reflect the light from stars.

This image was obtained in Grandpré on February 1 and 2 (color). SQM 20,70 and the second night 20,50

Equipment: Esprit 120 @ F/7 ZWO ASI2600MC About 10 hours on a GM1000 mount no guiding.

LBN628 Esprit120 F7 and ASI2600MC Integration 6hrs AstroPixelprocessor and Photoshop.

Another version with APP and Photoshop

Processing by Jean Lammertyn

Link to Astrobin


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