Author
🔭 Member Astrophotography
LBN 406 — Laughing Skull Nebula
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Mike TettenbornBAS Member
“One I am particularly proud of — all taken from my backyard.”
⏱️ Integration Summary
Total imaging time across all filters, captured from a backyard observatory🌙17hTotal
☀️10h 25mLuminance
🔴2h 15mRed
🟢2h 10mGreen
🔵2h 10mBlue
📊 Per-Filter Breakdown
| Filter | Total Time | Frames × Exposure | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance / Clear | 10h 25m | 125 × 300″ | |
| Red | 2h 15m | 27 × 300″ | |
| Green | 2h 10m | 26 × 300″ | |
| Blue | 2h 10m | 26 × 300″ |
🔭 Equipment
Full imaging rig used for this capture🔭
TelescopeAskar 107PHQ
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CameraZWO ASI2600MM Pro
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MountZWO AM5
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FiltersAntlia Luminance Pro, V-Pro R/G/B 36mm
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ControllerZWO ASIAIR Plus
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SoftwarePleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
🌌 About LBN 406
What makes this target specialLBN 406, sometimes called the “Laughing Skull Nebula”, is a faint, high-galactic-latitude molecular cloud in Draco, located approximately 2,600 light-years away. It belongs to the MBM 41–44 complex — the “Draco Cloud” — a group of diffuse clouds situated well above the galactic plane.Unlike emission or reflection nebulae powered by nearby stars, LBN 406 is an integrated flux nebula: its dust grains are illuminated by the diffuse, combined light of the Milky Way’s stellar population, producing a low-surface-brightness glow that requires deep broadband imaging to recover.— Description courtesy of rjkrejci, Cloudy Nights
📍 Captured from a backyard observatory · Draco constellation
