Object Description: The curving dark nebula on the right center of the image is known as “The Snake Nebula”, cataloged as Barnard72. The large dark nebula on the left is B77. At the top is B261. Strung across the bottom are B76, B74, B73, B71, B70, B69, and B68. The image is oriented North up.

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

Date Taken: 19AUG2009
Location: Lot4, Arcturus Way, Sacramento Mountains Astronomy Park, Weed, NM
Sky Conditions: transparency 2/5, seeing 2/5, temp 20C
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.