IC 1287 and NGC 6649 with small PN (Michael Feigenbaum)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scutum (Sct) · Contains: IC 1287 · NGC 6649 · PK021-01.1

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IC 1287 and NGC 6649 with small PN

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IC 1287 and NGC 6649 with small PN

Here we have an attempt at another couple of gems of the Milky Way in Scutum.

IC1287 is a blue reflection nebula. I find the interweaving of the blue nebulosity to be particularly interesting. NGC6649 an open cluster and in the lower left quadrant of the image is a very small planetary nebula, G020.0-00.6.

I have struggled a bit with the processing of this one trying to find the right saturation level generally and trying to decide how much HA to allow in particular. I do not believe there is a lot of HII in this area but there is some. So it's a question of whether to show a pretty picture or something more "real". I wound up with about 25 different versions of this, some including a bright star on the left side of the image that I ultimately decided to crop out. And then I needed time away from this to re-set the eye so to speak. This is the ultimate result that I decided to publish.

If anyone fights this battle, I'd like to hear your comments about how you reconcile all of this. I find it to be a very interesting topic.

Clear Skies and good health to everyone and of course, comments and/or criticism always welcome!

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Astrometry.net job	3678920
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RA (center)	18h32m28s.947
RA (top/left)	18h35m09s.153
RA (top/right)	18h30m43s.490
RA (bottom/right)	18h29m48s.438
RA (bottom/left)	18h34m14s.630

Dec (center)	-10°39′57″.51
Dec (top/left)	-10°24′16″.46
Dec (top/right)	-10°06′22″.52
Dec (bottom/right)	-10°55′34″.80
Dec (bottom/left)	-11°13′32″.68

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