Barnard's Dark Nebula B142

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R:G:B 40:40:40 in 5 minute subs. Images aquired on 8/05/08.

Equipment: NP 101 with SXV H-9 on AP600

Processing: Aquired with Maxim D/L running under CCD Autopilot 4. Combined and deconvolved in CCDStack, processed in Photoshop CS2.

This is a stunning dark nebula.