Sh2-33: Diffuse Reflection Nebula in Serpens

Imaged on 5/10/10
Scope:Takahashi FSQ 106
Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini
Camera: ST-10XME; CFW10 with Astrodon e-series filters

Exposures: 90 min of lum, 30 min each RGB (10 min subs)
Site: Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Conditions: Very windy, 54 degrees, average seeing

 

Sharpless 33 is the faint glow of the nearby molecular cloud MBM 38 located 360 ly away. The cloud extends 3.6 light years across.