Barnard 150 - The Running Shadow

by Bob Meincke

Objects in field: LDN 1076, LDN 1082, B150

Equipment: TS-Optics SD-APO 125mm f/7.8, ZWO ASI294MM Pro

Integration: 17h 50m

Barnard 150 is a long, sinuous dark nebula in Cepheus, drifting across a dense field of background stars. Rather than glowing by its own light, this cloud of interstellar dust reveals itself by blocking and dimming the light behind it, creating the appearance of a shadow stretched across the Milky Way. The shape has a wonderful sense of motion — part smoke, part silhouette, part creature caught…