RCW 163 - Dark Angelfish Nebula (Barnard 312 and LDN 379) - Too Many Stars

by Nazmus

Objects in field: LDN 370, LDN 372, LDN 374, LDN 379, LBN 63, B312, PK016-01.1, PK016-02.1

Equipment: Askar 91F Flat-Field, ToupTek ATR2600M

Integration: 9h 5m

I though this looked like an angel fish 📷 Dark Angelfish.jpeg RCW 163 taken from Death Valley Observatories and it has been one of the hardest objects I’ve processed in recent history. The amount of clouds in the area make it nearly impossible to process the dark nebula in the middle. When I remove stars, the color balance goes way off and a linearfit turns everything red. The dust is real and…