vdB126
Reflection Nebula in Vulpecula
About
A bluish reflection nebula in Vulpecula, also listed as LBN 134, lit by the 8.6-magnitude star HD 182918. It lies in a very crowded Milky Way region, beside a second blue reflection nebula, LBN 133.
Imaging tips
- Only about 6′ across, so it is too small to frame: use a long focal length and fine pixel scale.
- Reflection nebula, so broadband is the right choice.
- One imager used a 12-inch f/3.6 astrograph with a mono camera: 7 × 10 min luminance and 6 × 10 min each of red, green and blue, about 4 h 10 min in all.
- The dark nebulae LDN 768 and LDN 772 lie in the same field, and LBN 133 is the other blue nebula beside it.
- Best around June and July; it peaks near 63° altitude from 50°N.
Facts
- Size
- 6′
- Magnitude
- —
- Coordinates
- RA 19h 26.2m, Dec +22° 45′
- Framing, APS-C
- longer than 4000 mm
- Framing, full frame
- longer than 4000 mm
- Best months
- Jun, Jul
- Peak altitude
- 63° from 50°N, 78° from 35°N