September objects

Hi, September was pretty good to me with 4 good nights around the new Moon. I wanted to capture some lesser objects that I had not managed to get to this month. So here are the four images for the month.



These objects are in Cepheus and Cassiopeia and range from emission nebula, reflection and dark nebula. Most are fairly faint object and I only had one night for each. I hope to get more data this next month of weather allows.

Floyd



Sh2-135


http://www.astrophotogallery.org/floyd-s-pics/p12864-sh2-135.html

SH2-150

http://www.astrophotogallery.org/floyd-s-pics/p12865-sh2-150.html



Sh2-163

http://www.astrophotogallery.org/floyd-s-pics/p12866-sh2-163.html



LDN-1355 with VDB- 7 & VDB-9

http://www.astrophotogallery.org/floyd-s-pics/p12867-ldn-1355-vdb-7-9.html

Hi Floyd, I'm having trouble opening your images and I'd sure like to see them. Anyone else getting an error?

Floyd, you keep impressing. Carry on!

Rolando

Floyd,

All four are nice but I am really partial to LDN-1355 VDB-7/9. I hope you can grab some more data on this one to bring out more of those subtle blue-grays and increase the contrast. Your processing is restrained and the results are quite superb as a result. I like LDN-1355 VDB-7/9 so much I just might make that my laptop background if you don't mind.

HI Floyd,

They're all good, though I'm partial to the last image. I understand the tug of war between a realistic depiction of these objects vs. teasing out the last possible bit of contrast from them. I'm probably still guilty of doing the latter, though I'm constantly looking for a happy median.

Eric