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[clayhaus]

More grey skies with rain and snow equals more opportunity to re-visit old astro-data. In this case, M 42 | Great Orion Nebula & NGC 1977 | Running Man Nebula, captured 4-Dec-21. I've learned some new processing steps and have new software tools at hand, as well. This version of the Orion Nebula explodes with the red of excited hydrogen molecules. The use of a special nebula "booster" filter -- and much processing -- helps bring out the details. For those that might ask, I added no color to the image. In fact, I reduced the saturation so that it looked less like the evidence of a crime scene! (No aliens were harmed in the production of this image!) Tech details: https://www.astrobin.com/ppeaae/ #clayhausphotography #idasnb1 #asi2600mcpro #orionnebula #williamopticszs61 #celestronavx #astropixelprocessor #pixinsight #astrophotography #astronomy https://www.instagram.com/p/CniH5GpPG03/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[clayhaus]

Sh2-129, the Flying Bat Nebula, Is a huge Hii nebula located in the constellation Cepheus, the King. If you Google this object, and I do encourage you to do so, you will likely see images with a pale blue cylindrical nebula embedded in the field of red. That is the recently discovered Squid nebula. It takes many more hours than the five hours of integration time I have gathered here as well as different equipment to expose that elusive nebula. You see no hint of it here. In the center of this red field you do see a bright white star which is actually the triple star system that is igniting and driving all of this nebulosity. This is an object I will surely return to together even more data. And perhaps with the right equipment attempt to resolve the Squid nebula. #clayhausphotography #nebula #williamopticsz61 #asi2600mcpro #astropixelprocessor #pixinsight #astrophotography #astrophotographer #astronomy https://www.instagram.com/p/CinG5EBLXWa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=