NGC 7822 & Sharpless 171

NGC 7822 - I choose this target for the lovely dark lanes of dust that lie in between us and the nebulosity in this region.

 

About NGC 7822: A young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region (Sharpless 171.) NGC 7822 is believed to be about 3000 light years away.

 

Image:

(96) five minute shots

Williams Optics Z61ii Refractor

ZWO 533MC Pro Camera

iOptron GEM28 mount

 

Processed in PixInsight:

- WBP for stacking

- Dynamic Crop

- Dynamic Background Extraction

- Photometric Color Calibration

- MLT Noise Reduction

- EZ Soft Stretch Script

- EZ Star Reduction (Adam Block)

- HDRMT

- SCNR

- Curves with stars masked to slight reduce background and enhance nebula

- Curves to increase saturation

- MLT Sharpen

Done