Date Posted: 2/11/2024
Date Taken: 5/26/2017, 6/2/2017, 6/25/2017
Scope: Planewave CDK 12.5 f/8, 2541mm
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 with Astrodon Tru-Balance E-Series Gen2 filters
Temp: -15C
Mount: Losmandy Titan
Guiding: SSAG, Celestron 80mm guide scope, 600mm.
Exposure: LRGB 225:70:80:70 All subs 5 min. Luminance unbinned, RGB binned 2x2.

Calibrated and Stacked with CCDStack2; RGB combine and DDP with MaximDL. Processed with CS4.

VdB 141, also cataloged as Sh2-136. is commonly called the Ghost Nebula, for obvious reasons. It is a reflection nebula containing several embedded stars, giving it its yellow-brown color. It is located about 1,470 light years away in Cepheus, and spans about 2 light years. It is part of the much larger Cepheus Flare molecular cloud, which also includes the Iris Nebula.

This is another re-process effort, using StarXTerminator to stretch the nebula considerably more without blowing out the stars.