Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1491
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Fossil Footprint Nebula - MX+ first light! (My new Paramount MX+ and Pier), Pete Bouras
Fossil Footprint Nebula - MX+ first light! (My new Paramount MX+ and Pier)
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Fossil Footprint Nebula - MX+ first light! (My new Paramount MX+ and Pier)

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Fossil Footprint Nebula - MX+ first light! (My new Paramount MX+ and Pier), Pete Bouras
Fossil Footprint Nebula - MX+ first light! (My new Paramount MX+ and Pier)
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Fossil Footprint Nebula - MX+ first light! (My new Paramount MX+ and Pier)

Revision title: reprocess

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This is a SHO image, processed in PI with a pixel math formula for the color combination, with RGB stars added.
Reprocessed using BlurX, GHS, NBNormalization for the basic color scheme, then tweaks with curves and masks.
Some sharpening, NXT, rescreen in the stars.

Fossil Footprint aka NGC 1491 or SH2-206, is a bright nebula in the Constellation Perseus.

Hope you enjoy it, 

Clear Skies
Pete

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Title: Color and contrast revisions

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Title: reprocess

Description: reprocessed, more detail in core, stars, and colors using NBNormalization and tweaks with masks

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Fossil Footprint Nebula - MX+ first light! (My new Paramount MX+ and Pier), Pete Bouras

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