This RfN came out completely unlike I've expected. There are a few images of the region that could be used as a reference when planning the target. E.g.
this and
this.
At first the LBN472 reflection nebula seemed to be somewhat like the nebulosity around Merope. With a bright crescent of Sh2-133 nearby - I believed that should be a colorful composition. But having stacked the first 20 hrs of data I saw something quite dull. And the more I tried to pull the blues - the worth it looked.
After a while I came to the conclusion that the reflection nebula is not actually in the foreground of the scene. Instead the star 6 Cephei lights the molecular cloud from inside. And we see its lite like through the keyhole. All that means I now had to double my integration to bring the dark nebulosity out
After all, I am still not quite sure about how all that could look in 3D.
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