Lynds' Dark Nebula (LDN) 1622 appears against a faint background of glowing hydrogen gas.
LDN 1622 lies near the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, close on the sky to Barnard's Loop - a large cloud surrounding the rich complex of emission nebulae found in the Belt and Sword of Orion.
But the obscuring dust of LDN 1622 is thought to be much closer than Orion's more famous nebulae, perhaps only 500 light-years away.
At that distance, this 1 degree wide field of view would span less than 10 light-years.(from APOD)


Imaged with 10" F/2.8 POWERNEWT Astrograph.
L- HA-RGB image
LUMINANCE 80 MIN
HA - 60 min BIN x2
RGB 15 MIN EACH BIN x2
TOTAL OF 3:05 HRS

SBIG ST 8300M CAMERA WITH BAADER FILTERS
Losmandy G 11 mount with Gemini 2

Imaged from the NEGEV desert in ISRAEL