VdB 25 - reflection nebula in Taurus

 
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© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2016
VdB 25 is a small reflection nebula visible in the constellation Taurus. It is located along the line joining the star υ Tau to Atlas, the easternmost part of the Pleiades. It is an extremely tenuous and not easily detectable gaseous filament, which extends north of the star HD 26514, a yellow giant of spectral class G5III with an apparent magnitude 7.44. HD 26514 is also a binary star, in which the smaller companion has a magnitude 9,72. The two components of this binary system have an angle separation just one arcsecond. The distance to the star and its associated nebula is estimated to be 526 light-years.
 

 

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Center of field RA 04:12:27 (h:m:s)
Center of field DE +23:35:36 (deg:m:s)
Size 1.91 x 1.3 (deg)
Pixel scale: 2.99 (arcsec/pixel)
Orientation: Up is 105 degrees E of N
Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net
Optic(s): ASA 12" Astrograph @ f/3.6 (Newton)
Mount: ASA DDM85 Standard
Camera: SBIG STL 11000 M
Filters: Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Astronomik filters
Dates/Times: 7. Dec. 2016
Location: IRIDA Observatory, BG, longitude: E 24 44' 18", latitude: N 41 41' 42"
Exp. Details: L: 4x10, R:4x10 min, G:4x10 min, B:4x10 min, Bin 2, Total Exposure Time - 160 min. (2:40 h)
More details: Dark and flat frames reduction
Processing: PixInsight / PS
 
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