Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  PGC 3085885  ·  PGC 3085886
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Cthulhu fhtagn!, Francesco Meschia
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Cthulhu fhtagn!

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Cthulhu fhtagn!, Francesco Meschia
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Cthulhu fhtagn!

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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

A portion of the Mandel-Wilson 1 integrated flux nebula near Polaris, which I’ve seen referred to as the Cthulhu nebula, after H.P. Lovecraft’s creation. Imaged from New Mexico during the trip back home from our unsuccessful bid to see the 2024 total solar eclipse.

Due to the presence of Polaris nearby, I had some stray light creating nasty gradients. To correct it, I asked Todd Stephens, who had imaged this region in much wider field (https://www.astrobin.com/c13q9v/E/) in the past, if he was willing to share his linear integrated master. He was! This allowed me to use Vicent Peris’ multiscale gradient reduction technique, which took care of the problem perfectly.

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