Image:Nebula-Barnard's-Loop.jpeg

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Barnard's Loop (catalogue designation Sh 2-276) is an emission nebula in the constellation of Orion which can be seen on the photo as a diffuse red semi-circle. In this image the faint glowing hydrogen clouds spanning the whole constellation are visible. The photo was taken using the following equipement:

  • Telescope: Nikon AF 85mm f/1,8
  • Film: Kodak Royal Gold 400
  • Exposure: 10 min at f/2,8
  • Processing: Removing Vignetting and Unsharp Masking
Deutsch: Langbelichtete Aufnahme des Orion mit rot leuchtenden Wolken von ionisiertem Wasserstoff (H-alpha). Der große Bogen links ist Barnard's Loop.
Nederlands: Barnard's Loop is te zien in deze opname van het sterrenbeeld Orion als de boogvormige nevel links in het midden van de foto.
Source

Homepage of Homepage of Philipp Salzgeber

Date

29. Mar. 1997

Author

Philipp Salzgeber

Permission
(Reusing this image)

Philipp Salzgeber released the pictures under CC-BY-SA-2.0-AT, see bottom of http://salzgeber.at/astro/thumb.html (and before he also gave me the personal permission at forum.astronomie.de for GFDL-free usage)

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