This is an object I have always wanted to image, years have come and gone and it still remained at the top of my imaging list. I have collected well over the 39.5 hours of data contained within this image.
This is only a very small part of this object and luckily enough the composition is in one of the densest areas. Getting the composition as I wanted did take some time.
I really am intrigued with the bubbles in the field of view and the subtle interaction of the OIII and Ha twists. There are so many twists of gas and gas bubbles it takes quite a while to investigate all the image. To that end I am thinking I might do another section of this object next year and add a panel to this image. Such is my interest now in this object.
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There is still some noise present, but after the last couple of nights I have come to the conclusion that I would need to double the integration time to eliminate the pesky stuff and that is far too much time used for such little gain.