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LDN1266, Richard Rice
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LDN1266

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LDN1266

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I was looking for a dark nebula that would readily show up against a SHO background. LDN1266 seemed perfect backlit by NGC7822, and although this would generally be an Autumn target, here at Lat 51 it is circumpolar and can be seen all year-round. That said, in my case it is also right in the London light dome which illuminates the high wispy cloud we’ve had all month beautifully. Leading me to ditch around 50% of my subs.
I processed it in the normal fashion for SHO but it took a long time to settle on a version. Every time I attacked it I would end up with an image of NGC7822 not the dark nebulosity in front of it. So, in the end I settled on this more muted colour scheme in the hope that it would compliment the dark nebula rather than detract from it.

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