The Helping Hand Nebula in Cassiopeia

[gorann]

VDB-9, LDN-1355, LDN-1357, and LDN-1358, is a group of dark nebulae in Cassiopeia, which in reality is not very dark, at least not when imaged with the RASA 8 and ASI2600MC.
I imaged this in December and have now reprocessed the data (64 x 5 min) using EZ Star Reduction in PI to allow me to give the nebulosity an extra stretch without inflating the stars.

[scarp15]

Very impressive, the juxtaposition between the elements of dark nebulae and reflection nebulae is quite remarkable.

[gorann]

7 minutes ago, scarp15 said:

Very impressive, the juxtaposition between the elements of dark nebulae and reflection nebulae is quite remarkable.

Thanks! Yes it is an attractive mix of reflection and dark nebulosity.

[callisto]

Very nice Goran....thanks for sharing 👍

 

Mark

[gorann]

6 minutes ago, callisto said:

Very nice Goran....thanks for sharing 👍

 

Mark

Thanks a lot Mark!

[MartinB]

Fantastic!  I love the depth to this image as well as the wonderful contrast between the reflection and dark nebulosity.  You can lose yourself in images like these.  Well done Goran!

[gorann]

5 hours ago, MartinB said:

Fantastic!  I love the depth to this image as well as the wonderful contrast between the reflection and dark nebulosity.  You can lose yourself in images like these.  Well done Goran!

Thanks Martin for the kind words, very much appreciated!