Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lacerta (Lac)  ·  Contains:  LBN 435  ·  LBN 438
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Dusty Nebula - LBN 438, Pete Mumbower
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Dusty Nebula - LBN 438

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Dusty Nebula - LBN 438, Pete Mumbower
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Dusty Nebula - LBN 438

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After a long spring/summer of home remodeling and a custom CF tube and various new components siting around, I assembled my 12" newt and started the path of getting it imaging ready. This is the first object worthy of displaying after many tweaks and adjustments (more to come too).

Not sure where this dusty nebula came on my radar from but it is an interesting and sized well for my setup. It is the brightest part of this entry in the Lynds Bright Nebula catalog. Being at a somewhat middle of the road dark site (Bortle 4.5 on average) this f/4.5 sucks in a lot of photons and hence a lot of background nebulosity is there to deal with while trying to fight off local LP with DBE.  All in all, I am happy with how this turned out. Though I am still relearning my processing workflow with all the new PI tools and a mono setup.

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Dusty Nebula - LBN 438, Pete Mumbower