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The reflection nebula surrounding the Herbig Ae/Be star V1025 Tau

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Rarely Imaged Small DSOs •3 replies•242 views
Soothsayerman avatar
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The reflection nebula  surrounding the Herbig Ae/Be star V1025 Tau and its surroundings are a very rarely imaged object.  There are only a handful of images of this object the best by Adam Block.

https://www.adamblockphotos.com/v1025-tauri.html

If we look on the CDS Portal, we can see which bands have the greatest magnitude to give some idea of how to best image this object. The magnitudes of some of the various bands would suggest that imaging this object is possible for amateur astronomers.

http://cdsportal.u-strasbg.fr/?target=CoKu%2520HP%2520Tau%2520G2#parent-aladinComponentDiv
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rhedden avatar
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Very interesting nebula that looks well-suited for imaging with larger amateur telescopes.  Noting that the integration time on Block's image is about 35 hours, I would assume that it's quite faint.
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Soothsayerman avatar
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Very interesting nebula that looks well-suited for imaging with larger amateur telescopes.  Noting that the integration time on Block's image is about 35 hours, I would assume that it's quite faint.

Spectrum magnitudes taken from the CDS portal
  • Magnitudes
    • U: =simbad-mag-value13.63
    • B: =simbad-mag-value12.31
    • V: =simbad-mag-value11.158
    • R: =simbad-mag-value10.14
    • I: =simbad-mag-value 9.172
    • J: =simbad-mag-value 8.103
    • H: =simbad-mag-value 7.489
    • K: =simbad-mag-value 7.234
Alexandr Zaytsev avatar
Alexandr Zaytsev avatar
Here is the new (LRGB) take on this fascinating target [1]!

[1] https://www.astrobin.com/itscv4/