An open cluster and a reflection/dark nebula

[alan4908]

The following LRGB image is of the open cluster (NGC225) and a reflection/dark nebula complex known as VdB4, both are located in Cassiopeia.  I struggled with processing this image since it was contaminated by scattered light from an out of field of view star. However, after a somewhat extreme application of DBE and a bit of PS clean up, the result is below. This represents just over 10 hours integration time and was taken with my Esprit 150.

Alan

 

LIGHTS: L:21, R:15, G:12. B:13 x 600s, DARKS:30. FLATS:20, BIAS:100 all at -20C.

[wimvb]

Lovely. I don't think I've seen it before, but that's a very nice nebula complex.

Thanks for sharing.

[alan4908]

10 hours ago, wimvb said:

Lovely. I don't think I've seen it before, but that's a very nice nebula complex.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the comment Wim   

Yes, this area doesn't seem to appear often on SGL. 

Alan