The Fossil Footprint (SH2-206) (Astro with Eric)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Perseus (Per) · Contains: HD232875 · LBN 704 · LBN 705 · LBN 706 · NGC 1491 · Sh2-206

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The Fossil Footprint (SH2-206)

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The Fossil Footprint (SH2-206)

The Fossil Footprint Nebula in Perseus includes a bright emission nebula (NGC-1491/LBN 704) surrounded by a larger H2 region that is approximately 11,800 lightyears from Earth. This image is processed in the Hubble palette with RGB stars added utilizing the Star Reduction script developed by Bill Blanshan and Mike Cranfield (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofGt0Fk51h4). I integrated the lights and calibration frames using Astropixel Processor, followed by background extraction with GraXpert and its new AI plugin that makes the process extremely fast and efficient. The remaining work was completed in Pixinsight with the watermark added via Lightroom. I will add a cropped version that focuses more on the larger nebula and a second version that is a slightly wider field version.

Constructive suggestions on improving my processing are appreciated.

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Title: SH2-206 Wide

Description: This version is closer to the original resolution with cropping to primarily remove the artifacts left behind from the integration process.

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	04h03m23s.73
RA (top/left)	04h06m17s.11
RA (top/right)	04h00m28s.60
RA (bottom/right)	04h00m33s.85
RA (bottom/left)	04h06m16s.20

Dec (center)	+51°16′56″.6
Dec (top/left)	+51°44′30″.6
Dec (top/right)	+51°44′06″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+50°49′06″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+50°49′28″.6

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