Object Description: Number 143 in E.E. Barnard's catalog of Dark Nebulae, in the center of the image, along with Barnard 142, the elongated nebula at the bottom, form what is popularly known as “Barnard's E”. Dark nebulae consists of very fine dust and molecular hydrocarbons. At the center of these nebulae exists some of the coldest places in our galaxy, just a few degrees above absolute zero. They are also the sites of future star forming regions

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Camera: Canon 40D modified w/ Baader UV/IR cut filter
Mount: ParamountME unguided
Filters: no filters

Date Taken: 16AUG2009
Location: Lot4, Arcturus Way, Sacramento Mountains Astronomy Park, Weed, NM
Sky Conditions: transparency 2/5, seeing 2/5, temp 18C
Image Acquisition: 12x300s, iso800, using CCDCommander & CCDSoft

Image Processing: ImagesPlus 3.80 used for data reduction, alignment, MinMaxExc combine, initial DDP. PSCS2 used for levels, curves, and color enhancement. GradX for background equalization.