Now that the Malin entries are in, it's time to visit something new.
This one was a major technical challenge for me to image.
Rendering natural star colours & blue reflection nebulosity from my light polluted location was hard! Credit due to Robert Colombari for his fine
Apod image of M24 which I referenced for a guide to the final colours.
It’s an interesting mix of Ha rich emissions & blue Reflection nebulosity contrasted against a swirling region of intricate dark interstellar dust.
IC 1284 also known as Sharpless 37. Alongside IC 1284 are two blue reflection Nebulae vdB 118 and vdB 119.
There are dark nebulae in this region as well. The most significant is LDN 315.
This is a dark lane structure that goes top to bottom across the image.
It extends about 6 degrees of sky. VdB 119 is about 40 light years distant; vdB 118 is about 185 light years distant; IC 1284 is about 1,400 light years distant.
EDITED VERSION - Reprocessed with Less NR & better star colours
Taken from suburban light pollutionville, Melbourne, Australia.