Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  LBN 704  ·  LBN 705  ·  NGC 1491  ·  Sh2-206
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Deep Within NGC 1491, Bruce Donzanti
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Deep Within NGC 1491

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Deep Within NGC 1491

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Version H 

Reprocessed the same data using different tools (e.g., NB ColourMapper script, Narrowband Normalization process) and better us of GHS.   I am not sure it is any better or worse than version F. 

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NGC 1491 (also designated SH2-206) is a bright emission nebula and HII region, located on the edge of a vast cloud region of neutral gas, about 10,700 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Perseus.  A blue 11.22 magnitude star (BD +50 ° 886) is illuminating the nebula while its strong stellar wind is “blowing” a bubble in the gas that immediately surrounds it. The intense radiation from the star is also eroding the gas clouds surrounding it.  Why this has been nicknamed the Fossil Footprint is beyond me.

This is an amazingly challenging nebula to process, as discussed by others on Astrobin (https://astrob.in/3mdkxh/0/https://astrob.in/210zui/C/) and other sites.

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  • Deep Within NGC 1491, Bruce Donzanti
    Original
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    D
  • Deep Within NGC 1491, Bruce Donzanti
    E
  • Deep Within NGC 1491, Bruce Donzanti
    F
  • Final
    Deep Within NGC 1491, Bruce Donzanti
    H

D

Description: Muted the stars; less green; sharper

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E

Description: cropped

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H

Description: Different processing approach

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Deep Within NGC 1491, Bruce Donzanti

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