Object Description: In the center of this image is a dark oval of cold dust, cataloged as Barnard 169, 170, 171. To the upper left is Barnard 173, 174. On the upper right is Barnard368. On the lower left the red emission area is the western edge of SH2-134. The image is oriented North up.

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106N
Camera: Canon 40D self-modified w/ Baader UV/IR cut filter
Mount: ParamountME unguided
Filters: none

Date Taken: 09NOV2009
Location: Lot4, Arcturus Way, Sacramento Mountains Astronomy Park, Weed, NM
Sky Conditions: transparency 3/5, seeing averaged 1.87 for the night
Image Acquisition: 18x300s, iso800 using CCDCommander & CCDSoft

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