B 173 (LDN 1164) and LDN 1166 Dark Nebulae in Cepheus
Center of field at approximately: RA 22 hours 06 minutes 22 seconds, Dec +59 degrees 38 minutes 27 seconds
Size: 4.0' and ~2.0'; Magnitude: -- and --; Class: 6 Ir and ~6 Ir
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 710 minutes (71 x 10 minute subs), 08/7/8/9/2009; seeing 2.3-3.2 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.0.4, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
These dark nebulae are two of several dark patches just North and East if IC 1396. B 173 is to the East of center (left), and LDN 1166 to the West (right) of center. All three of the fields I imaged were taken mostly in heavy moonlight. See B 170 / 171 and B 174 taken during this moon period |