Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)
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Helping Hand Nebula, LDN1355, LDN1357 & LDN1358, Richard Carande
Helping Hand Nebula, LDN1355, LDN1357 & LDN1358
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Helping Hand Nebula, LDN1355, LDN1357 & LDN1358

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Helping Hand Nebula, LDN1355, LDN1357 & LDN1358, Richard Carande
Helping Hand Nebula, LDN1355, LDN1357 & LDN1358
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Helping Hand Nebula, LDN1355, LDN1357 & LDN1358

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This is a dark nebula known as the Helping Hand Nebula (LDN1355, LDN1357 and LDN1358). You can only image dark object like this well when there is no moon (like last night) and dark skies (well away from any city). And even then, the object is not visible in any of the 10-minute subs.  You have to trust your equipment and plate-solving that you are looking in the right place.  In the morning  you stack your subs.  And process the result, maybe remove some noise.  Only then does this delicate object magically appears.  This is what I love about Astrophotography.

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Helping Hand Nebula, LDN1355, LDN1357 & LDN1358, Richard Carande