AP#73 : The Prancing horse nebula
Name: The "Prancing horse" Nebula.
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Instrument:A Modified Canon T3i with an 85mm F1.4 lens stoped to F2.8.
Exposure time: A stack of 16 two-minute exposures.
Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html
Angular size: 10 degrees X 10 degrees
This object is a collection of various dark nebula in Ophiuchus (B57/B60-7/ B77/B246/B259/B262/ B268-270). The shape is that of a horse that appears to be prancing. The rear of the horse is composed of the large dark nebula with the name of the "pipe nebula".
