Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  LDN 1093
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Halloween Tree, Rodd Dryfoos
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Halloween Tree

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In the forests of the night, dark things move among the bowls of the great trees.  A favorite target of mine--revealing a perhaps a not so often inspected portion of the nebula.  I was surprised at the details visible in this "back corner" of the jungle.  I like the earthy palette--reminiscent of a moldering, mossy wood at the start of a humid, deepening night.  Looking at this image reminds me of peering into an impenetrable forest and waiting while my eyes slowly adjust to the gloom.  What once was featureless shadow is revealed as a detailed landscape of form and movement.  Creepy crawlies, croaks, and muffled hoots...there!...behind you, a branch snaps....

This image is a crop of IC 1396
FSQ 106, 6x reducer and ASI 1600
About 23.5 hours of data

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