VdB 141 " the vikings in a boat " (Christoph Lichtblau)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: Sh2-136 · VdB141

Image of the day 09/22/2020

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VdB 141 " the vikings in a boat "

Image of the day 09/22/2020

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VdB 141 " the vikings in a boat "

"Vikings in a boat". That's what I see in that pic. This is the last one of my astroholiday in France and the toughest one. When I saw this object the first time on an image, I fell in love with it. These tubes are incredible and the whole appearence is breathtaking in my eyes. With the raw material I had several issues with strong gradients and deformed stars. So I tried my best with processing here. I am really glad that I got it in my holiday and hope you like it too...

CS, Christoph

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Description: As I wrote in the description the exposed data had several flaws with the star shapes and some strong gradients. So I decided in the first step to make a crop of the most interesting parts. But after reviewing the originlal data I wanted to give it a try with new processing and a bigger field of view. There is a real stunning structure of dust in the upper part, which you do not see very often. Even the stars are still not perfect, I hope you like this new version. I will also share a picture of the setup I used for this image while visiting the very dark south of France.

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RA (center)	21h16m24s.974
RA (top/left)	21h14m12s.389
RA (top/right)	21h19m15s.807
RA (bottom/right)	21h18m40s.699
RA (bottom/left)	21h13m30s.360

Dec (center)	+68°13′55″.38
Dec (top/left)	+67°55′08″.91
Dec (top/right)	+67°58′03″.40
Dec (bottom/right)	+68°32′32″.90
Dec (bottom/left)	+68°29′34″.28

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