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LDN1235 - The Shark of Cepheus, Anis Abdul
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LDN1235 - The Shark of Cepheus

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The shark nebula in Cepheus.

I managed to capture this before it is gone for the season. We had a bunch of clear nights this winter and This was one of the Cepheus constellation targets ( along with VDB152 ) that I have always wanted to image. This was shot from my little observatory at Pontotoc (Bortle 2 skies)

Another tough target to image due to the fact that it is mostly made up of Dark dust and few pockets of reflection nebulae. The "Sharp" spans about 15 light year . I love this target for its colorful array of blue/gold stars in the field.

L - 44x600s

R-12x600s

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Description: Reprocessed with starnet++ to work on nebula and add back the stars. Prevents stars from being bloated etc.

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Description: Minor color tweaks and NR

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Description: Processed with starxterminator

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LDN1235 - The Shark of Cepheus, Anis Abdul