Sh2-187 among dust in Cassiopeia

[gorann]

I captured this young and compact nebula surrounded by some distinct dark nebulosity in the early hours of Friday. It is surprisingly rarely imaged. On purpose I kept the blue shine from Ruchbah (gamma Cas) on the left edge of the image. I kind of like it and it tells where we are in the sky.

Dual-RASA8 rig with ASI2600MC and IDAS NBZ dual-band filter (Ha+Oiii). 68 x 5 min. Processed in PI and PS, including starXT and noise XT.

Cheers & CS, Göran

Edited January 29, 2023 by gorann

[fwm891]

I'm definitely liking the smaller stars...

[James]

Lovely image, the blue shine from Ruchbah is a nice contrast to the red

[gorann]

7 hours ago, fwm891 said:

I'm definitely liking the smaller stars...

Thanks Francis! Yes, this area could easily be overwhelmed by stars.

[gorann]

5 hours ago, James said:

Lovely image, the blue shine from Ruchbah is a nice contrast to the red

Thanks James, and yes, I thought it looked nice to keep it in there to slightly balance all the red.