Copyright: SantiRoHe
Date image was taken: January 12, 2024
Location: Torroja del Priorat (Tarragona, Spain)
Image Description and Details: It is quite a challenge for amateur to obtain Barnard's Merope Nebula as it is a very small object and very close to the star Merope, only 36 arcminutes away.
For this amateur image, I got 99 shots of 180 seconds each (4h 57 minutes)
From a Sky Bortle 4 with a theoretical resolution of 0.92 arc seconds per pixel.
Equipment Details: Esprit 120 at f7 (840 mm focal length)
Asi 2600MC with Optolong L-Pro filter
Name: Santiago Rodríguez Hernández
Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/santiago.rodriguezhernandez.3
