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BBW-56 Halloween's Ghost Nebula, Josh
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BBW-56 Halloween's Ghost Nebula

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BBW-56 Halloween's Ghost Nebula

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I was looking for a "fill-in" target much earlier in the year, and in surfing around some Hydrogen Alpha sky surveys, I spotted this unique looking formation. It immediately struck me as looking like a low-budget Halloween Ghost costume, hence the nick-name I've given it. The designation of BBW-56, I got much more recently after seeing that @Logan Carpenter has also imaged this region.

I've been sitting on this image for over 6 months, as I was never happy with my original attempt as processing, so I had go at reprocessing it again, and the improvement in my proficieny with PixInsight and processing in general over that time has shocked (and delighted) even me.

For reference, this was how I had previously left it:
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BBW-56 Halloween's Ghost Nebula, Josh

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