Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lacerta (Lac)
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LBN 438 and Sharpless 126 RGB with H-Alpha, Jerry Yesavage
LBN 438 and Sharpless 126 RGB with H-Alpha
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LBN 438 and Sharpless 126 RGB with H-Alpha

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This was a difficult target for me and required a lot of processing. At first I thought it was all artifact, but I looked at this very high quality image below and realized that LBN 438 is more dust than brightness and that the stuff to left is H-alpha and is the Sharpless 126. A really good view of the area is found in:

http://www.bucksnortobservatory.com/deepspace_pages/Sharpless126_LBN-438.shtml

This is no holds barred PixInsight processing. Nothing natural here. Bringing out 438 required a lot of work.

The H-alpha was added using the AIP script. In the RGB the right side of the image is brown with dust.

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LBN 438 and Sharpless 126 RGB with H-Alpha, Jerry Yesavage

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