Chicken head

[Nikolas (Nik)]

IC2872 The head of the Running Chicken Nebula.
Stacked RGB and extracted HA and O3 in Astropixel Processor
Processed using the Foraxx palette for the hubblesque look in Pixinsight added the Foraxx stars as this really brings back the RGB stars. Finished off in Photoshop.
33 x 600 second images
ZWO 294mcPro
ZWOasiair
Skywatcher NeQ6Pro
TSOptics Photoline 130 AP reduced 0.75x
Optolong L-Ultimate filter
Astrobin for better image

[MarkInSpace (Mark)]

Nice chicken head! I think this shows the individual parts of the chicken are good targets on their own!

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Originally Posted by MarkInSpace

Nice chicken head! I think this shows the individual parts of the chicken are good targets on their own!

Thanks Mark yes it is a very varied region and with a larger scope you can really delve deeper into it. So much to see.

[Dave882 (David)]

Agree with Mark that’s a cool area to focus in on. Beautiful image all round!

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Thanks David