LDN 673 - (very) dark nebula in Aquila

[Mark72]

Hello,

This constellation is normally skipped by imagers. Cygnus or Scorpios with lot of emission nebula are preferred. But if you are bored of red Ha objects here is definitely something different.

Dark as darkness this nebula is to be found in Aquila rift - mass of dark clouds in summer Milky Way.

http://astrobin.com/13719/

Thanks for looking!

Mark

[Gina]

Very nice image

[Mark72]

Thanks Gina!

Mark

[ollypenrice]

Good one. I imaged this last year as well and it does make a change. Nice reddening of the field stars as they blink through all the dust!

Olly

[Martin-Devon]

Lovely image Mark - as you mention, it's nice to see some images that are off the well trodden tracks, and you've processed the dark reflection nebulosity really well. Reminds me a little of the Iris nebula, but looks more demanding....

[Mark72]

Thanks guys!

I wish I could go well trodden path with Iris but it's unfortunately behind the roof and unavailable from my balcony.

Mark

P.S. Awesome Jellyfish, Martin.

[fwm891]

Very nice image Mark - it doesn't have to be bright and colourful...

[Yoddha]

Really great image Mark!

[Quatermass]

Oh I like that one very much nice to see a dark nebula must have crack at it was it hard to image compared to say the Iris?

[Mark72]

Thanks guys!

Your comments are much appreciated.

It's actually a great deal easier to process it. It's dark. You can't go wrong with colour;)

You just should not use curves too much to preserve contrast. There are more to come. I really like this type of objects. If only these clouds disappear.

Mark

[morimarty]

A lovely image Mark, and very well processed!

[Anweniel]

Very nice Mark, will be a challenging one for a novice such as myself but a good benchmark to aim for - love how smooth it looks

[Tom OD]

Very cool, the Dark Nebula are super objects. This is a area of sky that I rarely image. I must look out for this object.

Tom.