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This extremely dim object in Taurus belongs to an unusual class of nebula - yellow reflection nebula. Also known as LBN813, it is not clear which is the source of illuminatin for this 4 arminute spray of dust . There is a very deep red object to its upper left, which could be that source or it could merely be a highly obscured star. The whole complex is immersed in a huge dark nebula, even the stars are all discolored yellow by the dense obscuration in this vicinity.

Processing notes: Because this object was so dim, the amount of noise in this image was excessive to the extreme. SGBNR was used to clean it up.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG ST8i
Guider: SBIG ST4
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:40 (RGB Binned 2x2)
RGB Combine Ratio:  1: .8: 1.2
Filters:  RGB Tricolor
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 3.8 arcsec (Maxim DL - 10min subframe), Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  5 C
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop, AIP4WIN, PW Pro

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