Michael A. Stecker
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Baby Eagle Nebula (LBN 777)
The Baby Eagle Nebula (also known as LBN 777, Vulture Head Nebula, or Barnard 207) is a cold reflection and dark nebula located about 400 to 450 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. This cropped image is a joint project of James Foster and Michael Stecker using a Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with a ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro color camera and 5.2-hour exposure.
 file: LDN777_masCropDeNoisedJRFcr1sm.jpg
click here for full resolution image


Photographic Data
 date:
October 15, 2026

 telescope:
Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P, 10-inch f/4 Newtonian telescope with coma corrector
Focal Length: 1,000 mm
 
mount:
ZWO AM7 harmonic mount

imaging camera:
ZWO ASI2620MC-Pro color astro-camera.

exposures:
3200sec X 95, approx 317minure or 5.28 hours
guiding:
Off-axis
 
processing
Acquired and stacked by James Foster with Maxim DL.  Post-processed in Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop Elements
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photographic site:
James Foster's observatory at Frazier Park California
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation)

Crop of image above (LBN 777)
file: LDN777_masCropDeNoisedJRFcr3a.jpg
click here for full resolution image