Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  IC 166  ·  NGC 654  ·  NGC 663
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A Cluster of Clusters in Cassiopeia (NGC 663, NGC654, IC 166, vdB 6, LDN & more), Matt Ehresman
A Cluster of Clusters in Cassiopeia (NGC 663, NGC654, IC 166, vdB 6, LDN & more)
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A Cluster of Clusters in Cassiopeia (NGC 663, NGC654, IC 166, vdB 6, LDN & more)

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A Cluster of Clusters in Cassiopeia (NGC 663, NGC654, IC 166, vdB 6, LDN & more), Matt Ehresman
A Cluster of Clusters in Cassiopeia (NGC 663, NGC654, IC 166, vdB 6, LDN & more)
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A Cluster of Clusters in Cassiopeia (NGC 663, NGC654, IC 166, vdB 6, LDN & more)

Revision title: Revision: Rework of same data

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Imaged over a few late October, early November nights from my Bortle 7/8 backyard. The amount of activity in this area of the sky is incredible. If I were in darker skies (or it was better positioned in my yard re: trees and houses) I think that I could get real dusty.

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Title: Revision: Rework of same data

Description: Though I can't decide if I like it better or not, I have begun to experiment with extracting a Lum layer and processing it in such a way to bring forward dust before recombining with RGB data. This technique will likely especially come in handy upon the arrival of my ASI533MM and I'm dealing with a true L layer. But, for now, here is a (perhaps slightly dustier) second run on this Cluster of Clusers with the ol' ASI533MC.

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A Cluster of Clusters in Cassiopeia (NGC 663, NGC654, IC 166, vdB 6, LDN & more), Matt Ehresman

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