Jim Thommes
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LBN 534 is a reflection nebula. But as you can see from the image, it is involved with a bit of dust. It is on the border of Andromeda and Cassiopeia. A full size image is here:
http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/LBN534.htm
Optic - Zenithstar 66 mm APO at f/4.3
Camera - Artemis285 Astronomik LRGB filters
Mount - G11/Gemini
Guiding, Megrez 80 mm - 55 mm FL, DSI pro, PHD Guiding
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Dan G
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Very nice image Jim. Keep them coming for those of us perpetually socked in by clouds!
Dan in NY
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J.P.M
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Images like this, makes me miss a dark location.
Beautiful!
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Rick J
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Nice, makes me wish I had a wide field set-up.
Rick
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ZMass
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Beautiful image!
To sum it up, those of us socked in by clouds miss having a dark location with a wide-field setup 
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Bill V
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Very neat looking image.
Bill V
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hewholooks
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Gotta love the dust! Good work.
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David Pavlich
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That looks like a tough object, but, as usual, you've done a very nice job.
David
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Thomas Davis
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Really nicely done Jim! This is a great target with a defined shape, unlike a lot of reflection/dusty nebulae.
Tom
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DugDog
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Jim,
Great star colors!
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neutronman
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Great shot Jim -- I love those dusty/reflective objects!
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zoran
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Nice and colorful!
Zoran
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DanB
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Really nice Jim.
Dan
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Malcolm Park
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Very good image.
regards
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budguinn
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Hi Jim,
I'm really liking these dusty areas......and my little bit of experience has shown that it takes a bunch of good exposure and dark skies.
This one turned out very nicely.....I love the little blue reflection areas.
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chutch44
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Very,very nice. Another great catch, Jim.
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Tomvictor
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Great picture Jim, got to love the stars on this one.
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Jim Thommes
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Thanks for the comments folks....
Yep, the transparent skies, dark site, wide field set up and a good night with the mount and guiding all contributed.
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Jim Thommes
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bill w
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great shot jim
star color and dust depth look great
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