December 12, 2012

VdB149 was taken with the AT8RC and SBIG 8300M. My home location is not too good for seeing and light pollution so this target was a real challenge and I believe this is as faint as I can get from here. I imaged it over several nights in the early summer with total exposure time well beyond 12hrs. It was also reprocessed numerous times to help minimize the light pollution gradients and noise.