HD_168459 - A Pleasant Accident (BensAstroStuff)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Serpens (Ser)

HD_168459 - A Pleasant Accident

Name of Object: HD_168459 & Dark Nebula
Image Type: RGB
Exposure: 30*60sec
Date: 09/11/2021
Bortle: Class 5

Gear:
Telescope: Orion 150mm/750mm Newtonian (Started life as a Starblast 6)
Mount: Orion Skyview Pro with Goto Upgrade
Tracking: ZWO ASI120MM-mini + Orion 50mm
Main Camera: ZWO ASI183MC (Uncooled)

Software & procedure:
Kstars/Ekos + Indi on NUC for mount control, guidance, and image acquisition. Accessed via NoVNC in web browser.
Siril for stacking, color correction, and histogram stretch.
Gimp for final histogram & color tweaking.

Location: LVAAS South Mountain Observatory

Notes:
I was trying to image the Eagle Nebula as a lark while at a star party. I got distracted while conversing and didn't realize I was looking at the wrong thing. I wasn't really expecting much out of this anyway, but I got this pretty picture of the wrong stars. The bright star in the center bottom of the image is HD_168459. There seems to be a dark nebula winding though the center of the image, or maybe it's just a gap in the stars. I can't tell for sure. There's not a lot of exposure time here, but you can *just* pick out the red hydrogen emissions surrounding the dark gap.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	4996653
PixInsight job	RBWB0L9RXRELUT7HL1PEX2XAU5N7O2DT
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PixInsight stage	n/a

RA (center)	18h20m15s.570
RA (top/left)	18h22m14s.636
RA (top/right)	18h18m11s.187
RA (bottom/right)	18h18m15s.920
RA (bottom/left)	18h22m19s.540

Dec (center)	-07°42′23″.11
Dec (top/left)	-07°21′21″.80
Dec (top/right)	-07°22′57″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	-08°03′19″.30
Dec (bottom/left)	-08°01′44″.100

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