How about a little Voldemort with your Astronomy? Here’s...
How about a little Voldemort with your Astronomy? Here’s Barnard 104, the Fish Hook Nebula, just left of the star beta Scuti in the constellation Scutum–along with several other absorption nebulae in the Barnard Catalogue, 113, 111, 110, 107, and B106. These are the dark cloudy regions across the middle, which stand out against the glow of a billion stars in this area of the Milky Way Galaxy. (Okay, I’m being a bit deceptive with the drama there. It’s probably more like 5 or 10 billion). Oh, and let’s not forget NGC 6704, the open star cluster toward the bottom in the center. A note on the “Barnard Catalogue”, which is what I’ve always called it: I just found out the official name for it is the very Harry Potter sounding, Barnard Catalogue of Dark Markings in the Sky. Eat it, Death Eaters! The star gazing geeks got here first! (ZWO ASI071MC cooled CMOS camera at -10°C, iOptron CEM25P EQ mount, William Optics ZenithStar 61 f/5.9, 12 x120 sec. sub exposures, stacked in DSS. Location: Stratham, New Hampshire, US. Bortle 4).
