LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand (Paddy Gilliland)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand, Paddy Gilliland

Powered byPixInsight

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand

Powered byPixInsight

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand

Where to begin!

Here is LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 (the Dust) VdB 9 & 7 (the reflection nebulae), taken under average UK skies, that was my first mistake but persevered as wanted to see what the RH was capable of. 331 subs Lum 43x300, 50x30 and 220 x 180, R/G/B @ 120 21/20/20.

To say this was my most challenging target to date would be a massive understatement. VdB 9 is a class II, F, Mod reflection nebula. II meaning it has no internal stars illuminating, F for faint and mod for moderate light absorption. If you compare to say VdB 126 at I (internal star), Bright and Strong LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 are 10's or maybe 100's of times dimmer in comparison.

In some areas of the sky this may not have been such an issue but this is in a star rich area which presented all sorts of challenges. The net result is the brightness of the stars, by comparison is amplified versus the dust, to go deep enough to pull the object out meant handling the massively bloated stars.

In part this was addressed with patience (not my strong point) acquiring 270 lum frames (50 at 30 seconds specifically for star management). Even with the 30's for HDR I had to pull every trick i had out of the bag to produce this image. Under darker skies this would be a super target, under UK skies certainly a challenge.

As if that was not enough it appears a moth was rather fond of my scope, going about its last hours of life moving around the front lens. So for 100+ frames i also had to deal with a mobile moth mote!

Towards the lower right of the frame you can also see VdB 7.

Rev B - few minor tweaks and a little more noise which i think increases the detail but c&c welcome on that.

Hope you enjoy.

Original
Final
B

UK Astro-Imaging

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Basic success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	1272789
PixInsight job	n/a
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Revisions

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

		...
You have no new notifications.

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7 - The Helping Hand

Equipment

Acquisition details

Description

Comments

Revisions

Sky plot

Histogram

In these public groups

Notifications

AstroBin is in READ ONLY mode

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Sorry :-(

Are you really sure?

Warning!

Warning!

Are you sure?

Report abuse

Slideshow settings

IOTD/TP stats (last [x] days)

Distribution of astrophotographers

Distribution of subject types

Distribution of data sources

Sorry

Sorry

Share

Upload new revision

Upload uncompressed source (XISF/FITS/PSD/TIFF)

Delete image and all its revisions?

Delete original image?

Delete all other versions?

Delete all revisions?

Delete this revision?

IOTD/TP stats

The following people like this image

The following people bookmarked this image

Warning

Flag malfunctioning thumbnails

Contains

Remove yourself as a collaborator

Plate-solving information